Stuck between an anchor and a hard place!!

[MrDee33]

Help!!!-do i scrap this or is it worth keeping?...my girlfriend says its uglier than i am and she wants me to get rid of it but my best friend says its big old and possibly antique?....he seems to think it could be a "kedge" anchor?....advice would be hugely appreciated many thanks

 

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[yaxthri]

If you can't keep it (I would) don't scrap it!

Try to sell it to an antiques dealer or post it on e-Bay is what I say. Not a cast anchor but made by a blacksmith, as a decorative object I don;t see why this should not get you some nice bucks...

You live near a river or lake?

 

[doublet2a]

I sure wouldn't get rid of it..
I would display it proudly!!

Tim

 

[mamabear]

KEEP IT! Get rid of the girl friend.

 

[calisdad]

Maybe when she realizes it's worth more than a few bucks she'll think its better looking. I would imagine if you scrapped it the guy at the scrap yard would put it aside and sell it for 10 times what he paid you.

Apart from selling it you could donate it to a maritime museum and get a nice tax write off. If it were mine it would be proudly displayed in my front yard.

 

[Roland58]

Hang it in your bedroom, display it proudly. Oh yeah, make sure you hang it over HER side of the bed!!

Seriously, that thing could be worth some bucks!! Get it appraised at an antiques dealer or someone familiar with maritime goodies.

 

[Helix]

That's cool. If you sell it try craigs list. Around me you would get a few bucks for it. Looks like some fine yard art.

 

[The Boots]

Definitely a keeper.

 

[RvPrepper]

KEEP IT! Get rid of the girl friend.

Ghee I was gonna say that, but seriously lose the damn chick, life is short, she ain't on board get one who is, my neighbor passed but he was so happy he married a woman who was into old stuff, gold, md'ing and such, sorry but truthful you can die tomorrow Show it keep it but have fun be happy.
There are people all over the country who would put that in the front yard, I'd mount it on the back of my rv.

 

[fyrffytr1]

I don't know where you are located but if it was within driving distance I would gladly take it off your hands. The anchor that is! Check out some of the prices on e-bay for kedge anchors.

 

[gunsil]

It's cool, but I don't think it's very old at all. It looks like it was put together with electric arc welding, not forged by a blacksmith.

 

[mamabear]

" I'd mount it on the back of my rv." Ha that is funny! Missouri brakes!

 

[DigIron2]

I would keep it!You can bet a scrapyard employee would be hauling it home withum.neat piece

 

[Helix]

I would keep it!You can bet a scrapyard employee would be hauling it home withum.neat piece

Yes the scrap yards around me pull any thing out worth more then the price of the metal. One of the bigger yards has contracts with antique dealers who buy a lot. Then in semi's or sea storage containers it gets shipped to places like down town Chicago or out of the country were the is a high demand with some buyers for vintage Americna items.

 

[longcut]

there is a lot going on with that anchor .............. heavy gussets and strong O ring and big clevis .................. but what is that little chain for was it connected to a float that showed where the anchor was on the bottom wish we knew what body of water it came out of .......

 

[yaxthri]

It's cool, but I don't think it's very old at all. It looks like it was put together with electric arc welding, not forged by a blacksmith.

Yes you are correct it is made up of welded pieces and it shouldn't have to be really old.

So, a "metalworker's" work then if you like, "blacksmith" was incorrect.
It is handcrafted though, as in the individual pieces that make it up were hand forged and then welded together and it's not a machine-made anchor. So it still remains an object of interest for an antiques dealer or collector. And for something to be considered "antique" or "vintage" it does not have to be that old at all.
Well, anyway, you get what I mean :-)

 

[gunsil]

I guess as someone who does metal forging that perhaps I just don't use the term loosely. The only forging I see is where the main shank has been flattened at the top. The remaining flat pieces were band saw or torch cut from steel plate and welded on. Factory made anchors are produced the same way, although this one is most likely a custom made one-off example. I'm sure if MrDee wanted to part with it a shop that sells maritime antiques and curios would give him the best price for it, old or not. Folks in maritime areas love to put things like these on their lawns or hang on their walls. It would also look awesome on the back of mamabear's RV!!

 

[lisfisher]

Watch...you'll get rid of it and the next day find out it belonged to the Atocha lol!