Customer Reviews for VEVOR Cast Iron Anvil, 88 Lbs(40kg) Single Horn Anvil with Large Countertop and Stable Base, High Hardness Rugged Round Horn Anvil Blacksmith, for Bending, Shaping

After reading the reviews I was expecting real problems with the delivery, but after one small hiccup, it was delivered just a day later than planned by two burly men in a van. Its worth saying watch your back when lifting this about.

Heavy, so the box it was packed in disintegrated in transit and was delivered with very little of the packaging in tacked. Anvil survived a little worse for ware but all in one piece albeit with a few scratches.

Very good for the price. Overall very useful. The horn is a lightly rough casting and required some smoothing for finer work as does the hole , but overall the weight and design are fine for an occasional use bench anvil.

bought as a present and he absolutely loves it

Very good for the money. This anvil needed some “finishing off”, the casting lines on the horn, the general shape of the horn & all around the edges, I removed the coating & brought it into shape with a sanding flap disc on a grinder, then finished off with some large files. I wanted the coating off all of the main surfaces & all the edges & right angles. This was an easy job & left me with an anvil that is perfect for my own personal use. Now I just need to find or make a stand.

It's a fairly hard lump of metal to bash other lumps of metal against. What could go wrong?

Arrived damaged, corner foot was broken, but other than that a great value for money.

For its size a good little Anvil. I have it mounted on a Sycamore log to gain the height and have had no issues with it as yet. Mainly I have used it so far for basic forging and pattern welding.I will be making some tools for use in the Hardy hole and also a holdfast in the next few weeks but envisage little problems with this having taken away the manufacturing burrs. Hardy Hole is 25mm as its the Pritchel Hole

This mini anvil is great for what I need. You couldn't go blacksmithing on it because it's only a mini anvil and doesn't have the size, bounce or resilience of a real anvil. BUT, if you want a glorified bench block, as I did, then this anvil is way better than required. It's heavy enough to hammer on and shape metal but light enough to move around the workshop to where needed. The anvil is very cheaply priced and excellent value for money. I would recommend it for light metalworking and also as a generally useful item for when you need somewhere solid to bash things on.

This anvil is absolutely what the blacksmithing community needs. Affordable, cast 1045 steel. Has great rebound, rings like a church bell, and so far has held up well. Big magnets are a must so break apart an old speaker or subwoofer to dull the ring and securely mount it to a nice base. Its loud. Strip the horn and round it out when ya get it for sure. Break the edges with a flap disk and plan to clean up the hardy hole. The pritchel hole is basically useless unless you have a 1" round bar to turn into a hold down tool. An option for the hold down would be to make a hardy tool for the hold down to sit in. Overall I'm extremely satisfied with the anvil. No clue what the hell I'm supposed to do with the 1 lb tack hammer they sent with it lol.UPDATE -2 years of daily use in my profession as a blacksmith. The anvil has held up wonderfully.Worth noting for the rebound tests... I use the anvil directly above the base/foot by the round horn both near side and far for anything I can. That is the area with the best rebound.There have been a few dinks here and there in the face but that's any anvil.In the two years of daily use I've also developed a few surface cracks at the far side in the area I use most. Have been there for probably a year but haven't gotten worse.