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Offline Mac53

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Post your anvils!
« on: October 28, 2011, 07:22:09 PM »
Hey all- Hope I'm not doing this in the wrong place.
I have a huge love of anvils...The more unusual the better. At the moment I have:
  • 200lb Hay Budden (perfect condition- my primary)
  • ~170lb early(1790s?) Mousehole Forge - with the marking "Dicken" on it...haven't figured that one out...
  • ~150lb early(1790s?) Mousehole Forge - much smaller than above, but nearly as heavy
  • ~160lb unknown anvil with pegs coming off the feet on one side...appears to be from mid 1800s
  • 110lb Harbor Freight (Surprisingly good anvil if you work on it a little, grind the horn, etc)
  • 55lb crappy China anvil....
  • Assorted rail anvils
  • Unusual anvil made from 1 large I-beam and 1 smaller I-beam
  • Lots of mini\jeweler anvils
  • a few stump and stake anvils
I'm sure I'm forgetting an anvil or 2 in the corner of my shop, but you get the idea.

Well, what about you? Please share!
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Re: Post your anvils!
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2011, 07:46:30 PM »
My primary is the Fisher, posted here, 125lbs, with the date 1908 cast in.  Fisher was known as the *silent* anvil, it does not ring.  There is a Peter Wright about the same size hiding in the shop.  The reason it is in hiding is,  it is broken.  I didn't do it, came to me thru the family with the tail broken thru the hardy hole.   Then the I-beam my father used in the old shop, and a miniature jewelers anvil.  The Fisher is the right size to go to to Demos.  Would like to find something 250# or larger for my shop.  But they run from 2 to 3 dollars per pound. 
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Re: Post your anvils!
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2011, 08:24:05 PM »
I don't have an anvil, just a rail section with a "horn" cut in.
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Re: Post your anvils!
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2011, 09:02:33 PM »
So fare I have a 1928 200lbs Norris FISHER  and a 145lbs no name anvil, I'm always on the look out  for more....
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Offline john k

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Re: Post your anvils!
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2011, 09:44:27 PM »
The 1908 Fisher, most people think the bird is an eagle, in relief on the side.
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Re: Post your anvils!
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2011, 10:30:06 PM »
-162 pound Fisher (1908 I think)

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-70 pound Vanadium Steel from 1940's. Rings like a bell, nice size for demos.

I'm also VP of our regional association. Our shop is owned in conjunction with a local educational facility about 5 minutes from my home and located on their grounds. I can pretty much use it anytime if need be. Getting ready to start (actually, revive) once a month Forge Council meetings there. It is an awesome place. Just wish I could get more people to come out once a month.
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Re: Post your anvils!
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2011, 09:00:11 AM »
I'll have to wait till I get home.  I haven't much bothered to remember the names of the anvils I have, but none of them are Hay-Buddens, Fishers, Mouseholes, or Peter Wrights.  (jealous, here!)

The edges on the one I have most used are beat and chipped -- 100#. 
A nice farriers anvil, about 75# that rings like a bell. 
A still unidentified anvil-vise that belonged to my great grandfather. 
Got another with the heel broken off (thinking of cutting off the horn and making a square anvil). 
A scythe anvil from Germany -- no name.
A couple of 1 or 2# anvils -- mostly decorations
One nice bihorn jewelers anvil, set into a block of lead
A little sculptural anvil, nickel plated, marked "Industry."
One 12 inch section of RXR track
One 4" section of mine cart track
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Re: Post your anvils!
« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2011, 12:08:32 PM »
My only anvil is an Atlas 4-1/2" L X 2" H and about 6 ounces LOL

I posted a pic of it with my Boley vise back in July but I am not able to get the link below to work. I'm not too good at the getting the pics in the posts so I kinda gave up on it

http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php?topic=983.0

Oops it does work -- I'm thrilled

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Re: Post your anvils!
« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2011, 01:26:02 PM »
My 100 pound Hay Budden I wanted one I could move around.
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Re: Post your anvils!
« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2011, 08:30:34 AM »
CRAFTS of NJ is having their November meeting this Sunday at the Fisher-Norris Anvil Museum in the Trenton NJ area. I have it on my revised to-do list for this weekend. Hopefully we get power back by then and I can attend.
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Re: Post your anvils!
« Reply #10 on: November 03, 2011, 07:18:42 AM »
Quote from: FrankLee on November 02, 2011, 09:00:12 AM
I have this one that belonged to my wife's father. I know nothing about it and it has very few markings.

We have a very similar one that we use in Civil War reenactments.  I wish the tail were not so fat.  Ours is 100# (per army regulations), and has a 3/4 inch hardie hole.  No markings to speak of on ours either.   Not much ring or bounce, but it does the work.
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Re: Post your anvils!
« Reply #11 on: November 03, 2011, 12:14:13 PM »
Here's mine... I'm guessing the 220 means that it's 220#. What this thing really needs is a loving home. I can't honestly say I've EVER used it for ANYTHING, as shameful as THAT is. But maybe with my shop finally starting to take shape, I will find a use for it. I had to unbury it just to get pictures ... lol



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Re: Post your anvils!
« Reply #12 on: November 03, 2011, 06:00:15 PM »
A good heavy anvil, it is nice when they don't move around on you when you are trying to work.  The top of the horn being flat is unusual, am thinking it is for some specialty but not sure what.  Most horns are round on top.   Won't interfere with putting it to work though, nice to see it back in service.
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Re: Post your anvils!
« Reply #13 on: November 06, 2011, 04:08:39 PM »
I have an unmarked about 100 pound anvil that is my wife Kathy uses and a Peter Wright marked     1    1    10 which is 150 pounds and several rail and I beam anvils.  I also am going to include 3 more that are not anvils per say but are used to strike hot iron against, my 4 foot cone mandrel that has the top 8 inches broken off and 2 post vices.  The small post vice has 4 inch jaws and the large post vice has 6 inch jaws.  I'll try to get photos this week. Two years ago I just missed an 800 pounder.  The man died and his wife sold his collection.  I found out just to late.
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Re: Post your anvils!
« Reply #14 on: November 06, 2011, 09:39:34 PM »
Quote from: JessEm on November 03, 2011, 12:14:13 PM
What this thing really needs is a loving home.

I have a loving home for all anvils- especially if you live close and don't end up having some room for it.
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