Show me your ANVIL

[ironmutt]

i already baught it based on its weight and the way it rang out im just trying to date the thing it is an arm and hammer. logo is on the side in the one pic posted up above it weighs 172 pounds on my bathroom scale

 

[R.Anderson]

that looks a lot like the one I posted above.....?

your saying this one is a arm and hammer?????

 

[R.Anderson]

This is listed at an auction near me next week. What's the name on the side? HA----D ???



Any idea what it's worth? I can't make the auction but I may call in a bid in advance.

darn it, I ment to quote this one with the picture.


your saying this one is a arm and hammer?????

 

[demoman]

darn it, I ment to quote this one with the picture.


your saying this one is a arm and hammer?????

THat is a hay Budden anvil. Also Vulcan used the arm and hammer symbol for their anvils. Hope this helps

 

[ironmutt]

THat is a hay Budden anvil. Also Vulcan used the arm and hammer symbol for their anvils. Hope this helps

yes but the vulcans were raised logos on the side from the casting it in plus the vulcan said vulcan above the arm and hammer image the arm and hammers were stamped in

 

[ironmutt]

the one in the pic on post 286 is a hay budden `but the one in i got is an arm and hammer not a vulcan like said before vulcans are cast with a raised emblem mine is stamped in and says solid wrought on it View media item 32244

 

[bluebolt]

Here's my little anvil collection.

Umarked jewelers anvil and a Columbian small 8 pound anvil

Two railroad track anvils, the rough shape was there but I cleaned them up with a wire wheel and an angle grinder with sanding disc. I also used my 7 x 12 horizontal bandsaw to make some cleaner cuts on one of the anvils, too much grinding and sanding otherwise!

Large (about 178 pounds) anvil marked USA and IAF in raised letters. In good shape but I don't think its real old, can anyone identify it?

 

[57fuelieroadster]

I bought an anvil and do not know what brand it is. It is marked 161 on the side and the number 119157 is on the foot. I gave $300 for it. Any ideas what I have?

 

[Garage Dog]

Hi Fuelie,

Welcome!

The digits 1 6 1 don't work with the English Hundredweight System which will often be stamped on the side of an anvil.

From what I know, the number on the foot doesn't tell you much unless you know the Manufacturer.

Some good pictures, with close-ups of the sides and numbering could prove to be very helpful in identification...

Have you weighed the anvil?

FYI: This thread doesn't seem to get much attention here on GJ recently, not sure why.

But post some pictures and we will try to help.

 

[57fuelieroadster]

Thanks for your response. I will post pics as soon as I figure out how to do it.

 

[Outlawmws]

Thanks for your response. I will post pics as soon as I figure out how to do it.

After step 5 don't forget the "IMG" tags (use the "Insert Image" button)

 

[Jeeper75]

Here is a mini anvil I found at my Grandparents house. That is a dime on top.

 

[ssffnomad]

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[A**holes Garage]

I'm in the market for a 60-100 lb forging anvil if anybody knows of a good one for sale. Looking for forged steel, steel plate on wrought, cast tool steel, or steel plate on cast.

Vintage and brand name anvils only, no ASO Harbor Freight, cast chinese or Russian **** please.

PM with price and pics.

 

[Outlawmws]

Jeeper, that's a cool one! is it steel or brass? Probably a jewelers anvil.

 

[Outlawmws]

ssffnomad, that is the smallest piece of rail I can recall seeing made into an anvil. Mine cart rail, or from one of those mini train parks you think?

 

[Jeeper75]

It feels like brass. My grandpa had it in his clock room desk.

 

[Outlawmws]

Is it magnetic? Easy test.

 

[nikh]

This is my one and only, a 152 pound Mouse Hole forge, of Sheffield England made somewhere between 1854 and 1874 by the stampings on the other side.

and an Iron City 5" post vise that I picked up last summer at a flea market, the guy was using it as ballast to hold his tent down, paid $.06 a pound for it

 

[ssffnomad]

ssffnomad, that is the smallest piece of rail I can recall seeing made into an anvil. Mine cart rail, or from one of those mini train parks you think?

I was thinking the same. 2 1/2" Wide at bottom. 2 1/2" High. 1 1/4" Wide Rail. I gave 10 for it. Used it twice this week.

 

[Jeeper75]

Yep it is brass.

 

[Outlawmws]

Yep it is brass.

VERY cool! Time for Mothers polish!

I have a brass anvil, Actually two of them, one is probably quite a bit bigger than that one at 2 lbs, and is the "Long" pattern, and another is similarly shaped and probably sized close to yours (Dime seems to fit the same way, and mine weighs 11-1/4 oz. or so...), only the round part of the horn on mine is more pronounced at the shoulder.

The 2 pounder is very brassy colored and polishes up well, and the smaller one has a reddish color to the tarnish, which sneered at Mothers the first time I tried it... (I haven't had the time/energy to go again...)

I posted pics of mine in this thread somewhere...

 

[Outlawmws]

ssffnomad, that is the smallest piece of rail I can recall seeing made into an anvil. Mine cart rail, or from one of those mini train parks you think?

I was thinking the same. 2 1/2" Wide at bottom. 2 1/2" High. 1 1/4" Wide Rail. I gave 10 for it. Used it twice this week.

Good size for small light hobbyist work! whats' that puppy weigh, and are you going to clean it up? Maybe give it some detailed features?

 

[marinusdees]

That's not am anvil.

 

[DieselDent]

I got this anvil the other day and not sure if its really a wright. Its about 120lbs and has a few markings including "Wright" and can only make out an L and a 6 on the other side and a 6 down on the front base. Problem looks alot more like a mouse hole than a peter wright. Anyone have any thoughts on it?
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[A**holes Garage]

nice looking anvil DD, but the face looks a little worn

 

[scarpozzi]

If it's not made by the ACME company, it doesn't count.

 

[Outlawmws]

That's not am anvil.

What are you on about?

 

[Exceller8]

What are you on about?

I was thinking the same thing.

Any piece of steel that you use as a striking surface is an anvil, IMO. AKA "ASO" or anvil shaped object...

 

[Stevie-Ray]

I still have to find a source but I'm told by the older guys that a good sized piece of railway rail works exelent. Nice and heavy, harder than hard, rings like a bell. They also say all the work it needs is to mill the top flat and the ends which ever way you like.

It's what I use.

 

[rshadd]

Picked up this small anvil today. It's about 7" long and weighs about 3lbs. I couldn't find any maker's marks or stampings.

 

[Rixter58]

How cool is the lettering on this bad boy?

 

[Outlawmws]

rshadd, that's a cool little anvil! (I must have been out of town when you posted that..)


I like that Fulton.. clearly has a separate top surface, I wonder if it was added later or from the factory?.

 

[Rixter58]

No idea. I was hooked the minute I saw it though.

 

[Outlawmws]

So is it yours? Do you know what it weighs? (I'd guess ~100 lbs; looks close in size to mine...)

 

[Rixter58]

Bought it yesterday. 76lbs.

 

[Chris98006]

My father in law were hunting pheasant last year at an old farm house. There was a small anvil holding a door open to the barn. I told him I would love to get one of those (as I pointed to it), and he mentioned one at his fathers farm. He thought it was his grandfathers that was past down to his dad. I said I would love to see it some time. His father ran a 300 acre dairy farm, until he passed away. Now the land is rented out and the barns and milking parlor are used for storage. Fast forward a month or so, he came down to our house to spend the night, he had some dentist appt. He said there was a present in his truck, I went out there and didn't know what to think. Here was this 200lb plus anvil! Pics below show my progress and what I discovered along the way. I want to refinish a nice stump for it, but haven't gotten around to it yet. I got a few other things that have been keeping me busy. Enjoy!

 

[Chris98006]

Before

 

[Chris98006]

Before

How do you upload more than one photo at a time?

 

[Outlawmws]

Gotta love having a 200 lb door stop!