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The Newbies Arena Are you new to knife making? Here is all the help you will need. |
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I love auction sales !!!!
For anyone else who is just starting out you should check out the local auction sales. If you can get to one that is well outside a city even better. I just picked up about 50 - 60 files of all shapes and szes for 8 bucks total. I also managed to get two really nice little vices for a total of 12$. They had a 200 lb anvil there as well in great shape and it went for 50$. Only 1 bidder. I wish I needed an anvil but my wife gave me "the look". Anyways if you are on a budget like most of us the farm auctions are just great. Steve |
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Sounds like you made a pretty good haul Steve. Occasionally you can find super buys at large scale flea markets as well. I got a nice used leg box vise with 4 1/2" jaws for $35 from a flea market. Depending on where you buy them and the brand, I believe they can cost anywhere from $450 - $700 new. |
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Post vises (leg vise) go for about $1600 in the centaur forge catalog. I got mine from a flea market for $35 also and am preparing to get one from a friend for another $35. Can't have too many. |
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WOW! This makes me wish my mom had kept my grandpa's leg vise and anvil for me when he passed away. |
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Bob, I'd love to have the extra one. I go to garage sales, estate sales, flea markets, pawn shops, and anywhere else I can find someone elses junk. One man's junk is another man's treasure. I have collected some of the strangest tools that way. |
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