Subject: Re: Anvil project: INBA or other?

From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 18:18:44 -0400

How about a lot of poundage going to a few locations.  If you have enough
people interested, you could drop ship to a central location (like the site
of the next local ABANA chapter meeting) where any takers would pick them up.
 Might be worth the savings.

Pete Engle

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From: Jim McCarty <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 08:49:09 -0500

>  Might be worth the savings.

It's not hard to find someone in the blacksmith community who is going 
to one of the regional conferences. It might take a few trips and a 
little time but I bet you can move anything anywhere if you are 
patient enough. That's especially true of the eastern states as 
eventually someone will be heading to the JC Campbell Folk School or 
the Quad States Round-up. I've moved a lot of things this way.

I have been trying to ship a swage block to Texas from Missouri and 
talked to Yellow Freight. The first thing they asked me is whether I 
had any discounts or not. She said to tell them to apply the Yes 
discount on the bill of lading for a 12% discount -- nice lady. Their 
price for shipping a 150-pound block was $89.77 after the discount. 
For an extra $33 they would pick up at my door and deliver to the 
other site -- otherwise you pick up at their office. She said they 
have a special class just for blacksmith tools -- Class 60.

Later I checked with UPS and they said they will deliver up to 150 
pounds for about $60. If the item has any sharp edges they want it 
crated, which in my case would put it over the 150-pound limit.

Bet you would sell a lot of anvils at the regional conferences, 
especially SOFA, but your prices would have to be close to the going 
rate for old anvils.
--Jim McCarty
Father Helias Forge
Taos, MO