Help identifying anvil

[Johannes]

I must go allong with thomas here, thats a farriers anvil in my opinion. no that old either.. some clif carrols have a step in them to.

[forgeman]

hello, I still say it is a blacksmith pattern anvil. It has a slim horn and a cutting step which are the most common on blacksmith anvils , there is no farriers clip although not all farriers anvils had clips . The best evidence that this is a blacksmith anvil is the single pritchel hole . Trenton farriers anvils had two pritchel holes as illustrated on pages 348 and 349 of Richard Postmans book Anvils in America . thanks Forgeman

[Johannes]

could it be that its, "brace yourself", Not american?

[steveh]

i was wondering what is about the anvil that makes one think it is a farriers?i would have thought it is a blacksmith pattern.

[ThomasPowers]

Ah I didn't say it was a farriers. I said that Farriers anvils can have cutting tables as I have owned several that did. It is the clip and perhaps multiple pritchels that identify it as a farriers anvil to me. However many of the smaller anvils were used by farriers or farmers/ranchers to do shoeing even without being a "farriers" model.