Holy beat to hell

[Coleman]

http://wichita.craigslist.org/atq/3729470841.html


So sad. Beat to death.

 

[rusty65]

Either some one had terrible aim or did a **** ton of cold forming.

 

[lowbucktruck]

Geez! Beat to hell is right!

 

[GTA Matt]

I've always said that some guys can screw up an anvil with a banana. Guess we found one of those guys!

 

[Exceller8]

I love it for $50.

 

[928'er]

That'll buff right out....

 

[91bronc300]

How could you even do that to a solid steel anvil? ASO I think.

 

[TheGrooveking]

From the looks of it I think a whale chewed on it for a few months as a chew toy, then kept it in its stomach for a few years as ballast and finally passed it, decades later it was snagged by a Japanese whale boat and now its in front of your camera, am I correct?

From the looks of it I think someone did too much torch work on pieces on top of it.

TheGrooveking

 

[A_Pmech]

That's not bad, they haven't knocked the horn off yet...

 

[Outlawmws]

"Nice old anvil. 95 lbs. "

 

[Gotmayhem]

But seriously, how do you do that?

I don't know much about blacksmithing at all so I'm really curious

 

[montanafordman]

And here I thought it was going to be another thread about chinese craftsman tools?

From the looks of it I think someone did too much torch work on pieces on top of it.

TheGrooveking

Probably right. Isn't that what a forge is for? Heating your work before you beat it on the anvil, rather than heat the anvil too?

 

[1982fxr]

But seriously, how do you do that?

I don't know much about blacksmithing at all so I'm really curious

I think it's from beating on cold steel on top of it??

 

[neophyte]

Beating cold steel on top of the anvil might do that, as might beating hot steal pieces that are way to large for the anvil, or a seriously tough alloy, and there are old anvils that wind up looking like that one with the trough in the center. Colonial Williamsburg supposedly had some "reproduction" anvils made that way to match historic examples. That anvil does look like it has a harder steel plate forge welded, or cast welded, to the body so I don't think it's an "anvil shaped object". The seriously bad shape of the top makes me think the damage might be from something else. Maybe a bad steel alloy was used for the top, or some sort of "chemical" damage. Could some situation like Borax mixed with heat do that, or maybe zinc mixed with really high heat, or maybe "acid damage" of some kind.

 

[madjack]

Looks like a perfect candidate for a "shootin anvil"
If you don't know what that is, look at this link.

 

[jabberwoki]

That can be fixed someone put a new top on mine and i`ts good as new if done right.

 

[redwrench60]

Looks like a perfect candidate for a "shootin anvil"
If you don't know what that is, look at this link.

When the man who just blew a damn anvil into the air and out of sight asks if you want to see it again the answer is "HELL YES!"

 

[ADSR]

95 bucks?

I'd give 10 at most.

 

[rick carpenter]

In the immortal words of the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, "Tis' but a scratch!"

 

[Exceller8]

In the immortal words of the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, "Tis' but a scratch!"

Yep, a little bondo and she'll be as good as new!

 

[Mohawk Dave]

That can be fixed someone put a new top on mine and i`ts good as new if done right.

That's what I was thinking...If you bought a piece of tool steel for the top, how is the correct way to attach it?

 

[ADSR]

why not just mill it off flat from the step above the horn.

 

[lowbucktruck]

From the looks of it I think a whale chewed on it for a few months as a chew toy, then kept it in its stomach for a few years as ballast and finally passed it, decades later it was snagged by a Japanese whale boat and now its in front of your camera, am I correct?

From the looks of it I think someone did too much torch work on pieces on top of it.

TheGrooveking

I like this theory myself...

 

[jaymz1967]

Looks like a perfect candidate for a "shootin anvil"
If you don't know what that is, look at this link.

Never figured I had any need for an anvil.....I do now after watching this.