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    1917 Trenton Anvil — Restore the Edges, Add a New Face, or Leave It Original? Looking for Expert Advice

    I’m looking for some guidance from the experienced anvil collectors and blacksmiths here before I go any further with this Trenton. After a lot of research and help from people on the forum, this appears to be a Trenton, nominally 120 lb, dating to approximately 1917 by the serial number. It...
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    Help Identify This Antique English Anvil – 126.5 lbs

    Notice this line below the anvil face. Mine has the same line. What is that?
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    Help Identify This Antique English Anvil – 126.5 lbs

    The clean example is a stamp marked in the same area on a 126lb Trenton
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    Help Identify This Antique English Anvil – 126.5 lbs

    Close up of the only stamping that survives
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    Help Identify This Antique English Anvil – 126.5 lbs

    New photos after a few more rust converter and cleaning sessions
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    Help Identify This Antique English Anvil – 126.5 lbs

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    Help Identify This Antique English Anvil – 126.5 lbs

    I’m gonna look again now…
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    Help Identify This Antique English Anvil – 126.5 lbs

    Makes sense… it weighs 126.5lbs
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    Help Identify This Antique English Anvil – 126.5 lbs

    I have what appears to be a possible Trenton anvil, and I’m hoping those familiar with Trenton manufacturing practices can help answer one specific question. The front edge of the base is stamped “AV48976” (or possibly “AV 48976”). After comparing it with reference photos in American Wrought...
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    Help Identify This Antique English Anvil – 126.5 lbs

    Looks identical
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    Help Identify This Antique English Anvil – 126.5 lbs

    Does this looks like a forging delamination gap?
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    Help Identify This Antique English Anvil – 126.5 lbs

    I cleaned up the characters w welding paint
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    Help Identify Rare Vintage 5” Universal Rotating Head Bench Vise – Double Swivel, Missing Badge

    After a complete teardown, I wanted to summarize what I’ve found and see what the experts think. The vise has 5” removable jaws, approximately 15” of screw travel, an 18” handle, and weighs about 65 lbs. The entire rotating jaw assembly rides on a massive machined journal roughly 5” in diameter...
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    Help Identify This Antique English Anvil – 126.5 lbs

    Overall reading 12 AV48976 I still believe this is not the manufacturer’s serial number, but rather a shop, railroad, military, or industrial inventory stamp applied after the anvil left the factory.
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    Help Identify This Antique English Anvil – 126.5 lbs

    FYI, the face is very flat. Would like t make sense to hard face the edges and mill it perfectly flat and crisp 90 corners with a slight chamfer?
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    Help Identify This Antique English Anvil – 126.5 lbs

    BUT WAIT… there’s more!
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    Help Identify This Antique English Anvil – 126.5 lbs

    FOUND IT BOYS!!! Not sure yet what the marks mean, but look at the side. It’s faint but clearly markings. An upside down 4? And maybe a C?
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    Help Identify Rare Vintage 5” Universal Rotating Head Bench Vise – Double Swivel, Missing Badge

    I want to use it if it’s quality
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    Help Identify Rare Vintage 5” Universal Rotating Head Bench Vise – Double Swivel, Missing Badge

    The anvil plate is hardened and there is quite a bit of machining and thick metal
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    Help Identify Rare Vintage 5” Universal Rotating Head Bench Vise – Double Swivel, Missing Badge

    I’m not so sure. I fully disassembled it and the machining and overall quality isn’t cheap at all
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