I just received several items from an old welder who passed away. He had an anvil and several blacksmithing tools as a minimum. I got two items from his estate that I cannot identify. Does anyone have a clue as to what these two items are? I can only upload one photo. will follow up with another post.

Thanks in advance

Could have been used as an upsetting anvil. I have a round piece very similar to this, without the legs, that I place on the ground by my anvil and drop the end of a rod on it to upset the end. :)

A very heavy step stool?

Couldn't resist it.

I agree with George, it looks like an upsetting block.

Caleb Ramsby

or possibly a hurricane proof milk stool....

Good one Thomas! I was actually thinking about how it reminded me of my grandfathers three legged milk stool, but it doesn't have the handle coming out of the side of its seat.

Caleb Ramsby

looks like a plug, or a cap

No, silly Stewart, we're talkin bout the other elephant in the room...

just a big hunk of steel purpose built for something. I wouldn't use it as an upsetting block the anvle iron legs would just dig into the floor.

Looks like a large basket form to make consistent sized baskets............maybe bushel baskets.

Looks like an anvil to me, but what do I know, I'm just a blacksmith.

Its a thigamy jig, sort of a cross between a doobry and a gizmo

Legs could help it from not bouncing around if driven in a dirt floored shop.

I use things like that to true up hand forged trivets to make sure the legs are even and the top is level. I even will put one in my screwpress to bring the top down flat and then walk around it bending the legs to sit flat and even.

Welcome aboard Apinyoz, glad to have you. What that really is is something any blacksmith worth his salt would drag home given the opportunity.

Frosty The Lucky.

It's a skiffenblaven, you use it forge Johnston bearings on before you file then to size and then paint them to match but that's all done of course after you hammer them to fit the hole for the axle.
Really it looks like a shop built bench top anvil for working small pieces of stock.

Looks liek some kind of oil field cap. Are the three angles completly welded to it?