Bolt-Head Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 So I scored a whats-it at the local antique market and I'd love to know what I got! It's in pretty decent shape, the pictures make the face look a little rough but it's not that bad in person. Payed $250 for it and I think I did pretty good. What do you guys think? Can anyone tell me anything about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch4ging Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 The "TFS" could be Texas Farrier Supplie, but I don't know how long they have been making anvils, and that one seems older... I'm sure the experts here can varify... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Davies Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I have one of these (don't own it; just hanging on to it for someone). I also saw one come up for sale locally a while back, so I was starting to think they might be an Ontario thing. I see you're also from these parts... a pattern emerges. Mine appears to be hardened cast steel. It strikes me as odd that the maker would obscure its own logo with the casting sprues/vents, so I wondered if someone might have used an old TFS anvil to make patterns for casting and not paid attention to the logo. It also seems strange that these would be sold with the horn flat, considering they seem like pretty good anvils otherwise. That's a lot of grinding for the end user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Keyes Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Lugged feet, I thought that was a Fisher thing. Otherwise it doesn't look like a Fisher to me. Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolt-Head Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 It weighs 150lbs it seems pretty decent for a whats-it, just gotta get her mounted and start hammering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Dave Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 I don't understand the flat horn shape. Farrier anvils have that design, but not that pronounced. I wonder if it's general purpose was for farrier work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I heard a few years back that some anvils were being cast in Chihuahua, Mexico, and being brought across the border. I wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Most of the yunques I've seen used a PW as the "pattern" and were not dressed well---often the mold line is still visible diwn the face and horn and the pritchel hole isn't present. Some of them were decent alloy some of them were not---they poured whatwver they had left at the end of the day in the ladle. *NONE* of them were heat treated. I've been expecting some to start showing up having been "re-worked" to appear as originals and pass with people who don't realize that PW were never cast and the fresh drilled pritchel hole would be a give away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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