Anvil ID help Please

[unkle spike]

Attached are pics of my Grandpa's anvil that I am hauling back to TN, it weighs 163 lbs on a bathroom scale, for what it is worth. I can't make out much for lettering. In the first line I can maybe make out an H and an I?

And down near the bottom I see an E? Looks like 4 lines of lettering.

Dad did the welding, it is my job to do the finishing.

[coltnutz]

looks like an Armitage Mouse Hole?

[orgtwister]

i was thinking mouse hole to

[Tald the dead]

I opened up your pic in photoshop and did some CSI stuff. I agree too and comparing it to the other mousehole brands the "E" particularly fits. Below I marked in red what I thought I could see.

ref pics I was looking at
http://www.abana.org/resources/discu...ges/4/1574.jpg
http://www.martinsmarket.com/images/anvil_clsup.jpg

Your pics





Hope it helps!

[highlander]

yes sir, identical to my main forging anvil. shes an armatage mousehole

[UnicornForge]

I agree, definitely looks like a mousehole anvil. I have a smaller one. They are nice anvils.

When you refinish, try not to do further damage to the area of the name and weight.

[orgtwister]

now thats some interesting csi stuff there

[SLOB]

from what I could make out and referenced from AIA (not the updated new info postman has in the mousehole book) it looks to be from 1820-1875.

the middle number couldnt be a 4....so I think its a 1 with some extra marks. the 0 must be part of a twenty according to the weight on the scales (112+28+20=160)

[unkle spike]

I found a link on Mouse Hole Anvils markings by Date.

The ABANA Forums: Dating Your Mousehole Forge Anvil

According to the markings on this one, it is an early Mouse Hole, 1820-1835.

thanks for all the replies, I knew the people here would help!

[hammerkid]

Looks great jeff!!!! Glad you finally got it. Mine was also made from 1830-1835.