Anvil Identification help.

[Jrican]

I am going to look at an anvil tomorrow. I have no pics and the guy said it is ~300# and the only markings on it are "IAF" and "USA", also he got it as military surplus. I hope that is enough for somebody here to tell me who made it and what kind of quality to expect from that manufacturer. It's a 2 hour drive for me, but the guy seems nice!

 

[Jrican]

Ok here are some pics. Seems like it is all cast. But IDK. I'm still interested in knowing what I got. I think it is about 200-250 range, but i'm judging that on the difficulty of moving it.

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[Man of Many Vices]

Very interesting vise. I have never seen one with such a short, stubby horn. I wonder if IAF stands for Israeli Air Force.

 

[DocsMachine]

Could be a Vulcan. They had kind of stubby horns, and were largely cast bodies with a thin hardened steel plate on the working surface.

Doc.

 

[Tarnished]

Jrican,
Nice looking anvil. Should clean up nice. Not sure what you have, but i don't think it is a Vulcan. They have a very distinct logo on the side. This one is a small 50# one, but I believe they all have the same cast logo.
Post a pic on this site, http://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/62-anvils/
and I'm sure the fine folk over there will find an answer for you pretty quick.
John

 

[Outlawmws]

Physically how big is that, and how many people did it take to move? If you could do it yourself, I doubt it is even close to 200.

Without any clear references for scale I'd guess that to be somewhere in the 60-75 lb area. But the answer is simple; set it on a bathroom scale and check it. (you may want to put a 1X over it especially if the bottom of the anvil is not flat)

 

[Jrican]

it is 4-3/4 wide x 10-3/4 high by 24 inche long. I moved it by myself, but I used a cherry picker to do it. I could slide it across the bed of my truck, but I have a plastic bed liner. I do not have a scale. There are no markings other than the ones pictured. I did look for the vulken/arm & hammer symbo, it is not there. I'm guessing 200 - 250 because it is about as hard for me to lift as my dumbell rack with weights on it, and that is 210 + ~ 25. For refrence There is a jetski in the background of the last picture, the bench the anvil is on is against the rack the jetski is on.