Show me your ANVIL

[MadeByMiller]

Sorry, I read that thread and its 100% opinions - conflicting at that, and zero hard verifiable facts.

Get some better pics of your "cast line" at different angles and light. even the rust/patina is different from one to the other. What I see is exactly what I see on certain hewing hatchets, and most all Wiss snip jaws. a specific line and a difference in steels used. both of the examples I mentioned are well known, and in the case of Wiss, marked "Inlaid" (forged) blade edge materials. You cannot file the stuff, its too hard. it must be ground or honed with a stone

While your anvil face does not need it too hard, (you don't want it cracking) it does need to be tougher than as cast, even if steel.

I appreciate your input! I will get it cleaned up soon and get better photos. The information I've gathered so far is taking the most common consensus from what I've been able to find, but I know that the internet is not always reliable, especially when it comes to something as difficult to verify as an old chunk of metal that hasn't been produced in at least 100 years.

I do submit this video as further evidence to back up the one piece, solid cast steel claim (video should start at 7:35):

 

[2oolhound]

I picked up a small farrier's anvil at a garage sale last week. After reading this last page and links I think it must also be a Colombian. Pls confirm if you know.
It's 22"Lx3.5"Hx14"H and weighs 103LB.
It has a 1/2" or 5/8" tool steel plate on top of a cast steel body.
Hardy hole is 3/4", Pritchel hole 1/2"
It rings louder and cleaner than a church bell and the rebound is aprox 80% (didn't accurately measure it but I was very impressed.)

 

[Oregon rock crusher]

Definitely Columbian with that inverted pyramid with the 'C'. Very good cast anvils. The M on the off side fits with it being about #100 anvil. That is a classic blacksmith pattern anvil as opposed to the swelled horn farriers. Ed.

 

[olytdi]

Picked up this rail anvil for $10 rusty. Built the pedestal from wood left over from my shop build. Came out pretty well.

 

[Outlawmws]

Nice rail anvil setup!

 

[CHRIII]

I picked up a small farrier's anvil at a garage sale last week. After reading this last page and links I think it must also be a Colombian. Pls confirm if you know.
It's 22"Lx3.5"Hx14"H and weighs 103LB.
It has a 1/2" or 5/8" tool steel plate on top of a cast steel body.
Hardy hole is 3/4", Pritchel hole 1/2"
It rings louder and cleaner than a church bell and the rebound is aprox 80% (didn't accurately measure it but I was very impressed.)

Looks very much like my father's anvil. I weighed it using a bathroom scale as 93 pounds.

Mine has a convex base; yours seems to sit flat.

Mine also rings like a bell with a very good rebound

 

[PugetDude]

Here are a few EBay bargains for the serious anvil collector. Buy all three for less than $100,000...!
And, shipping is free!

 

[2oolhound]

CHRIII, yes they're cousins;.

Mine also has a slightly convex base. I've just used some thin shims to set it on a previous base so I can use it. I still use my homemade anvil as #1 but it doesn't have a horn so I'll be using this new to me anvil for the horn for sure. My homemade one has a 1 1/4" hardy hole and I've been making tools to fit it so the Columbian with it's 3/4" hardy hole is a little small for my uses although I still consider it my best anvil now.

pugetdude, thanks for the heads up on those french anvils, free shipping too!

 

[stoneECH0]

Can you all please let me know what u think about this Peter write Anvil.

Belonged to my wifes grandfather. It was baried under garbage until I pulled it out.

I have heard a lot about 1$ per lb. I would guess that's what a blacksmith would pay for an anvil they entend do give a daily beating.

Is there any collector value in this old chunk of metal? I love it and intend to keep it in my shop for both use and as a piece of history.

 

[Defender Chassis]

Can you all please let me know what u think about this Peter write Anvil.

Belonged to my wifes grandfather. It was baried under garbage until I pulled it out.

I have heard a lot about 1$ per lb. I would guess that's what a blacksmith would pay for an anvil they entend do give a daily beating.

Is there any collector value in this old chunk of metal? I love it and intend to keep it in my shop for both use and as a piece of history.

I'll give you $1/lb. Where are you at? It is actually worth more like $4/lb today in my area. At least that is what "asking price" would be.

 

[stoneECH0]

I appreciate the offer and price information, unfortunately I won't be selling it any time soon.

 

[d300]

Good for you.

 

[ararat]

Can you all please let me know what u think about this Peter write Anvil.

Belonged to my wifes grandfather. It was baried under garbage until I pulled it out.

I have heard a lot about 1$ per lb. I would guess that's what a blacksmith would pay for an anvil they entend do give a daily beating.

Is there any collector value in this old chunk of metal? I love it and intend to keep it in my shop for both use and as a piece of history.

It looks like a good part of the surface may have been resurfaced and is not hardened. The new layer seems to be deforming at least it looks like it in the pictures. Maybe try the ball bearing rebound test on it and see how it does.

 

[four.cycle]

Peter Wright anvils are about $10-$15 a pound in these parts.

 

[logixjock]

I've got dad's old anvil, it already had the snot beat out of it by the time I got to play with it in the '70s. I'm thinking about heating it up a little in the firepit and resurfacing it with some hard rod. It's got way too many dents to use for anything but a bashing block right now.

 

[ararat]

my anvil corners are pretty much gone. I'll just go with it. Any anvil in decent condition around here costs way too much and I don't use it enough to justify the upgrade.

This anvil came from a junk yard an hour away from me. He had it on craigslist. It's not marked anywhere I can find. It's 136 lbs if I remember correctly.

 

[sselander]

I guess this counts also. Looks like a jewelers anvil, it has markings on the top that indicate it has been used.
Found while cleaning my dad's garage. Has a little heft to it.

 

[Recoveryman]

My anvil-paid $125.00 for it. Use it a lot!

Picked this up two years ago. Paid way too much but supposedly it was a good deal. Peter Wright 176 lbs. I have it on a base now... It came from a government machine shop.

Picked this up two years ago. Paid way too much but supposedly it was a good deal. Peter Wright 176 lbs. I have it on a base now... It came from a government machine shop.

My anvil-paid $125.00 for it. Use it a lot!

A Peter Wright anvil is always a nice addition to a shop. That one looks good. As an aside, do yoi know the proper height for an anvil? Stand beside your anvil, close your fist and swing your fist over the top of the anvil, your fist should just brush the top of anvil with arm held straight.
Recoveryman

 

[hop up]

Trying to find out more about the anvil and vice combo. It’s says Handy anvil on the side and #2 on the vice. It’s not a hollow anvil all solid.

 

[hop up]

Rebound on the anvil is good and believe it’s not a cast piece.

 

[unkqty]

recent acquisition - 125# mousehole
a starting point

 

[ararat]

recent acquisition - 125# mousehole
a starting point

Nice. I would switch to a wooden stand.

 

[NoMoMojo]

Topic is kinda stale, so since it's not closed, I'll add a modest revival post.
This was my Grandad Charlie Scheuermann's anvil from the Silver Ridge Ranch (cattle and olives; several miles north of Oroville, CA) which he managed from the 1920's into the 1970's. I spent a lot of time there growing up but don't specifically remember him doing horseshoes or implement repairs on it. Shortly before his death, he passed it on to my son Kyle in the later 1980's (he was 3'ish at the time); but Kyle did not survive his 18th year...so I keep it for one of my grandkids to inherit - whichever seems most worthy (you know what I mean). I have only used it occasionally for very light (not hot) work, and other than cleaning and preserving, what you see is what my Granddad saw.

HENRY WRIGHT, ENGLAND, WARRANTED, SOLIL (could be a "D", but it really looks to be an "L") , 53



This is my "new" anvil...1894 or '96'ish I believe:

Just acquired a Hay-Budden anvil

I want to get his posted to assist with understanding what I have; a bit later I will post the backstory to honor the man who owned it - my longtime neighbor Bob Fisher. Thus far I think what I have is a 74lb (a guess from the stamping - I haven't weighed it yet) H-B, 3 "handling holes", SN#...

www.garagejournal.com

 

[lardy1]

I have been helping my brother on a project in his shop and noticed our fathers old anvil by his bench. I haven't seen it in years. I'm sure Dad got it at a farm auction back in the 60's.