GForge

Looks great, since I am only beginning at blacksmithing I have not made anything yet suitable for a gift, I would like to keep the friendships I have. Now next Christmas, I am already thinking about that !

Hello Melissa, scroll down the forums page to General Discussions and click on the Introduce Yourself link, Welcome

We have an anvil in the shop at work from a bygone era, sits in a corner and I had wondered about it from time to time. I tapped it with a hammer a while back and had excellent rebound and a good ring. I recieved Richard P,s book in the mail today and quickly found out it to be a Columbian made in Cleveland Ohio. The C in the triangle and M on the other side, exactly like the one in our shop. It is interesting to me that there was a Columbus forge in of course Columbus Oh, can't help but wonder if the Columbia was wanting to get some advertising from a better known brand for the unknowing buyer, but upon further reading the Columbia may have been made by Hay-Budden. A marketing ploy??

Either that or was used on a very cold morning with a very big hammer. In Ottawa not surprising. I have heard of blacksmiths heating the anvils up before using in the wintertime.

Rail track ? Not as in train track, right ? I f this is correct, I have never seen't a track rail used as a fence post. We have cemented them in the barn to keep a tractor from knocking out a timber. I guess they would make good corner posts to a fence when used along with another brace post and cross wire bracing, but seems like overkill.

You might be a blacksmith if.... The first thing you show a new girl friend is your 150 lb trenton On top of your wedding cake is one of your minature anvils { she went along with this cause you convinced her it will forge a bond of wedlock}:cool: You cleverly arrange your wal-mart pool into the shape of an anvil Redman sends you a Christmas card If any of your kids are named, Peter, Henry or Trenton Your idea of heavy metal is different from your kids The fire dept knows you on a first name basis Your hound dog leaves the room in disgust when you tie on the leather apron

I reckon he be downsizing that I-beam;)

I remember a cylinder shaped piece of steel in my dads shop years ago. It was about the size and shape of a coffee can, solid, maybe 30 lbs or more. Since Being interested in blacksmithing the piece came to mind. The top had a smooth indention in the middle that funneled down to a peak, only an inch or so deep. I guess I never saw it used for anything or asked what it was for. Now I wonder. Havent saw it in many years but now I'm going to look for it, must have been used as something in metal working. It could possibly have been used for repairing a farm tool or laying a sickle bar on and knocking the rivets out, or I may be way off here. If I locate the cyclinder i will post a pic.

That I will, saw it was bid up to $376.11 and never met the reserve. I have looked at the new anvils, I really like the look and character of a vintage one. Not getting into full time forging, that would be a different matter, maybe after retirement. For now I will use the 80 pounder, it's at my dads and has been in the family for generations, was even used as a weight on the front end of a tractor at one time!

Read a few posts up, pkrankow's post ^

Oh, and great site! Wealth of info here.

You guys have something, I will use the 80 pounder to start with. That will leave me more $ for some of the other things I need. Thanks to all for the welcome.

That would be a good hood ornament for my Mack, aerodynamic and all

That be the one, the seller could get a lot more viewers if he would have worded the heading a litte better, better for the buyer though.

I scoured the internet looking for some information on this anvil on ebay, item #45477479 or do a search, i believe it is the only Kohlswa on there. It is a relist, I bid $300 previously, but did not meet the reserve. I could not understand why no one was bidding very high on the anvil when it was previously put up for bid, maybe you folks can tell me why? Has one heck of a faceplate, you can see it well in one pic. I got on the Sweden website but can not read Swedish. I started to bid higher but do not know enough about anvils yet, have Richard P's book on order. I may have let a good one go, the seller added the word Blacksmith in the title this time so many more veiwers are going to see it this time around.

Not that one, it is item #290380093341, check it out. The reason it does not come up when you type in Henry Wright, is that the seller has the 2 words together as so-[HenryWright]so not many Blacksmiths are seeing this one. The other Henry Wrights that are on ebay are not very good, one marked 1835-1850 is in bad repair, but check out the item # above.

Done it, thanks Glenn

The closest city from here is Roanoke, Virginia.

Want to say hello. Just starting to buy tools for blacksmithing, I have found a few at the antiques shops, not the glitsy spotless shops but the back in the country, dusty weather beaten shops. Seem to get the better deals there, where the tools have not been cleaned up, polished and oiled yet. Have also been collecting up scrap steel wher I can find it, that is rather easy. Maybe in 6 mo's or so I will be forging some on the side. have been looking for an anvil, have one that is 80#s, good for light work I guess but from what I can gather the bigger the better. I just ordered Richard Postmans book,Anvils in America, was 65 + postage, to get some knowledge on buying a good un. This book must be quite in demand, Amazon books had some sellers selling the book at $100 and up! Anyways, glad to be here, looks like a good place to gain some well needed knowledge. Look forward to getting to know you folks, GForge

Hello, Im new to the forum. I am just getting into blacksmithing, have bought a few forging tools but no anvil yet. Have been looking locally, found nothing yet suitable. I may get blasted for this but have even looked on ebay. There is a seller that has an anvil I am confused about. Has a Henry Wright that is stamped "Warranted Solid" and 127 below that. He is saying the anvil is 127 lbs, maybe so, but I thought english anvils were not marked in American lb. weight. He is also saying Henry Wright was Peter Wrights[anvil] father. I know that is incorrect. I have plenty of time, in no hurry and have had fun looking, sooner or later I will find the right anvil.