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Title: An anvil I didnt buy
Post by: skipskip on September 14, 2013, 08:11:16 PM
went to a mans house that was selling old car parts and toolstoday.

He had an anvil that wasnt really for sale and I dint really want to buy it.

The horn was bent! offset to the right and up  a good bit.

weighed about  100 pounds

here is a pic of the brand name, does anyone recognize it?

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7317/9753066591_71e91480a1_n.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skipskip/9753066591/)
SEP 103 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skipskip/9753066591/) by skipskip (http://www.flickr.com/people/skipskip/), on Flickr

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7442/9753068761_2916974ae6_n.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skipskip/9753068761/)
SEP 104 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/skipskip/9753068761/) by skipskip (http://www.flickr.com/people/skipskip/), on Flickr

thanks

skip
Title: Re: An anvil I didnt buy
Post by: HeelSpur on September 14, 2013, 08:25:18 PM
Here's some info,
http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/27843-trenton-vs-trexton-id/

Read on down where they talk about the N being wore out so maybe it was replaced with an X.
Title: Re: An anvil I didnt buy
Post by: john k on September 15, 2013, 08:36:02 AM
I have seen specialty anvils that had attachments, and strange shapes ground into the side of the body and the horn, but bent?   Possibly was in a fire long ago, and building collapsed on it?   If it appears sound, and has a "ring",  may as well try using it.   
Title: Re: An anvil I didnt buy
Post by: rusty on September 15, 2013, 08:41:50 AM
Perhaps a victim of anvil launching?
Other than that, bending it is a pretty good trick....

Guessing it''s not cast iron anyhow ;P
Title: Re: An anvil I didnt buy
Post by: Branson on September 15, 2013, 11:10:39 AM
Quote from: skipskip on September 14, 2013, 08:11:16 PM
The horn was bent! offset to the right and up  a good bit.
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Don't mind the bent up.  Quite a few anvils were made this way deliberately.  Supposedly because horns, through a lot of use, ended up sagging.  I think there's a bit on this at Anvil Fire.

Personally, if the table is good, and the edges not broken, I wouldn't care at all.
Title: Re: An anvil I didnt buy
Post by: keykeeper on September 15, 2013, 09:43:29 PM
It is a Trenton.

I've seen Farrier anvils with horns bent to the side, supposedly to make working shoes easier on the smith.

I let an anvil get away this weekend, myself. Ran the guy up pretty good, but didn't want it as bad as he did...yeah, I'm THAT guy when it comes to anvils.

The face was mushrooming over the side, anyway, which led me to believe it was probably in a fire that annealed the hardened face somewhat.