Subject: Re: Fwd: buying a swage block

From: [email-masked] (Michael G. Cooper)
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 17:38:14 -0700 (MST)

>[email-masked] wrote:
>> 
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>> Forwarded message:
>> Subj:    buying a swage block
>> Date:    96-08-01 06:57:49 EDT
>> From:    Cynthia5
>> To:      theforge @wugate.wustl.com
>> 
>> I have a question about buying a swage block.  I'm fairly new to
>> blacksmithing and a friend of mine has a line on a swage block I can buy.
>>  I'm wondering if it's worth getting at this time or if my money would be
>> better invested in other tools.  I have an anvil, two of them, hammers, a
>> crank blower for a forge (just need to put a forge together--in fact if
>> anyone has ideas of building a small coal fired forge I could use that too),
>> cold chisels, etc.  Would like to buy a small drill press also, but I'm
>> afraid if I don't move on the swage it'll be gone.
>> 
>> Any advice?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Cynthia
>
>If the price is good (<50 cents/lb) buy it. Used swage blocks are much 
>less common than anvils and forges. You might not see another for a 
>while.
>-- 
>Dan Nibbelink
>RedHawk Forge
>Berthoud, Colorado
>[email-masked]
>http://www.csn.net/~dannibb
>
>
>I second that emotion.  Every time I've passed on a piece of equipment I
thought I might use later, I've regretted it.  If the price is right, snag
it. If you later decide the shapes are not exactly what you need, you can
probably resell it for your original investment or trade for one you like
better.

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From: Jim McCarty <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 1996 08:29:02 -0500

> probably resell it for your original investment or trade for one you like

All blacksmith tools are a good investment in my humble opinion -- 
like Will Rogers once said, they ain't making no more Hay 
Buddens, Peter Wrights and Cannedy Ottos...
-- 
Jim McCarty
Father Helias Forge
Taos, MO
Editor Rural Missouri Magazine
Newsletter editor, Blacksmiths Association of Missouri

³Foolish consistencies are the hobgoblins of little minds³