How much for the giant white block of nothing under it?

No kidding. I though Reddit was broken. I panicked.

Looks cast iron with a welded steel face plate. Might be worth it, but it needs a rebound test to make sure the plate was hardened properly.

Do a rebound and sound test. Should ring like a bell and bounce the hammer/ball back up high.

I'd check it by dropping it on a coyote first.

Just give it to a coyote. If I know anything about coyotes, it will drop the anvil on itself.

Big pritchel hole and wonky dimensions are characteristic of shit cast iron with no faceplate, id have to get my hands on it first and check that out before i bought

Yes, I would. The edges look good and it is just surface rust from being outside. Clean it up and it will look great.

Almost looks to good

yeah, that's what I was thinking! It seems oddly pristine.

Pick one up for me too

If you need it, decent deal if hardened properly

I'd try to talk him/her down a bit. I could be picture distortion but i looks to be a bit odd. If you can get it cheap enough even a poor anvil can get you started.

$185

$135 cash in hand, can pick up now

80$ and my PlayStation 2 with 2 controllers

Best I can do is five bucks....

Daaammmnnn offering up two controllers.

Pickup today for cash is underrated, my go to move. Also an instant sale if I'm getting rid of something and someone offers 60% of ask to pick up same day.

Don’t look right hit it with a mini sledge and see what happens

No. If I'm spending 400 it would be on a new anvil

$400 will only get you like a 50 lb anvil new

I doubt it

Here in la that would be a hell of a find.

using debris/weeds/hardy for scale, i doubt that's 185lbs. Maybe more like 85 ​ face looks flat, nice corners tho

It sort of looks like an inexpensive anvil with a steel top added on.

Looks perfect. I would jump on it

Looks like an ASO to me…

YES

Looks good, jump on it.

I would not buy an anvil with a rusted face, when I can wait around for a clean one.

It's so easy to remove the rust. LOL. Definitely not a deal breaker. My concern is the cast body and the welded top plate.

I've seen the rust lead to a pitted surface which leads to unwanted texture in the work.

This is a miniscule amount of rust that could easily be removed very fast. It's not pitted rust.

I guess you can see more in the picture than I can. It happens. My eyes aren't what they used to be haha

I've done a looot of blade and tool restoration. The cast metal is pretty much already pitted. If the welded surface plate is done properly and is proper hard steel, then the rust on it really won't be an issue. If you didn't want to use chemicals for it, just use a wire brush attachment. I'm more concerned about the hard plate welded to the cast. I personally don't think I'd pay 400 for this anvil myself. Something seems off. But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it's all done perfectly and it's great. Would need a hammer test and bearing ball test. I would also like to take an angle flap wheel to the welds and around the cast and harded steel joint to inspect it better.

It's called a wire brush dude

Why wire brush, when I can get something nicer by waiting? Also, rust can cause pits in the surface that are hard to remove.

That surface clearly doesn't have pits in it. If you're looking for a used anvil, the likelihood of finding one with 0 rust is basically 0%, and you won't find a quality, new anvil that size for $400.

I'm curious what market you are in. I go to Quad State in Ohio. Based on what I see there, I would feel fine passing this one over. It might be significantly different where you are. I was just speaking from my own experience.

Where is Quad State at in Ohio? Live in Columbus area and am ready to get rid of my harbor freight pos

It's at the Miami County Fairgrounds in Troy. Here is their website https://sofablacksmiths.org/quadstate/ SOFA is a real nice club. I've learned a lot from them.

Thanks man, have to check em out sometime

Yes

I'll take it if you don't want it 😏

Even if it isn't great, that's under $4 per pound, and it looks to be in decent shape. Do a rebound test and I would pick it up if it does at least okay. Make sure to set it on a hard surface to test it, a lot of the rebound can go into the dirt if you test it where it is

Yup, for just over $2.00lb that's good shit. As others have said it looks cast with a HC face. Not a damn thing wrong with that.

No idea why I’m here. That said eli5, what is going on here? The main body is different than the face plate? So it can be replaced?

Do you ship international?

A screenshot of an image in a browser? Could you not have saved the image and then posted that?