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Just realized the anvil in that old barn in Hermann, Missouri was a Peter Wright
I was poking around an estate sale outside Hermann last month and there was this anvil half buried in straw in the barn. The guy running the sale said $40, take it or leave it, so I flipped it over and saw the stamp. A Peter Wright, probably 150 pounds, with maybe 30% of the face left and a horn that looked like a beaver chewed on it. My grandad had one just like it in his garage and I never thought twice about where it came from. Now I'm wondering if that worn out face is even worth the gas to go back and get it.
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smith.lee3h ago
worth the gas to go back" is the whole question and yeah I'd go get it. Forty bucks for a Peter Wright is a steal even in rough shape. That worn face means it's seen a hundred years of real work, which is kind of the point with these old anvils. You can still use the good part of the face for light stuff and the horn damage is mostly a looks thing. Worst case you clean it up and sell it for way more than forty. Worst case you don't go and kick yourself about it for the next ten years.
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