More pictures and info on this mystery military anvil

[ichudov]

pictures and details here: misc ==> Anvil ==> Purchased

any idea on who made it would be gladly appreciated.

I bought this anvil at Rock Island Arsenal from a liquidation
auction. They decided to auction off entire contents of one huge
building, because they wanted to renovate it.

This anvil is 33 inches long and weighs approximately 320 lbs. I
tried to measure rebound by dropping a 1 inch diameter hard bearing
ball on it and measuring how high it would rebound. My best attempts
at measurement ended up with rebound at 85-90%.

This anvil came with a combination cast iron/wooden base.
It also had a "shelf" that can be mounted in the pritchel hole.

[ThomasPowers]

What does it look like turned upside down? If there are no markings on the side sometimes how the base is done will indicate the maker.

[rthibeau]

Probably a cursed discard and not much value.. Send it to me and you won't have to worry about it anymore. I like useless military stuff.

[ichudov]

<<<I like useless military stuff>>>

Hey, we have something in common!

[Woody]

Do a rubbing and see if you can find any markings on the side. Put a piece of paper on the side of the anvil then rub across it with a pencil or piece of charcoal. This will sometimes show what are otherwise indistinguishable marks.

It looks like a keeper though.

[keykeeper]

Nice score, I looked at the pics on the site. Do you have any of the other side?

Oh yeah, get that youngster a real smithing hammer, might as well get him started out right!

[Arbalist]

Nice Anvil!

[divermike]

My Peter Wright is about the same size and weight, and about the same rebound, great grab!!