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Well, you go to the top of the Anvil Reviews by Brand forum, you'll see a link for a 1914 Hay burden catalog. I pasted it below. Anyway, it says an anvil with a 3-1/4" wide by 10 inch long face would weigh around 60 pounds. If you ever think of selling it, I'd be interested - I've been looking for a smaller anvil for my daughter to use. One that she can pick up and move if she has to. Anyway, great little anvil.

Prayers sent and will continue as long as needed..

That is a a neat little anvil. Love to have an anvil that size. I can see an "A" and maybe a "6" and possibly a "7" on the left side of the foot. Try shining a flashlight at different angles on the foot. Or try dusting it with flour and gently brushing it off.

I remember riding back to the barn sitting on the side of the spreader.......OSHA would have been proud.

I agree. With all these puns, its hard to see the forest for the trees.

I hope someone has gotten board and is keeping a log of these puns. I know it wood be a long list - but some people might think some of them are against the grain.

Those photos make me pine for an anvil like that. I had to go out and kick some ash just to let out some of the jealousy. Maybe I should just go to the beech and relax.

So, who's the sap here? We all need to turn over a new leaf else we go to seed. As to new puns, that's knot for me! Maybe we can find a Burl Ives tune that will help................

Holly. Anvil, Batman! We need to get to the root of the problem. I'll bet its bark is worse than its bite.

I know that if you call the Shoemaker in Colonial Williamsburg a "cobbler", you will get an earful about the difference. Thomas is right that the cobbler is a repairman, and a shoemaker has the expertise (at least in their opinion) to make the complete shoe

Anybody got his address or phone number?

Just got these two cast iron table tops. Small one is 28 x 48 and the large one is 28 x 72. Both are about 5/8-3/4 of an thick. Big one probably weighs 350-400 pounds. Real bear to move by myself. I'm trying to get ideas on what kind of base I should make and best ways to use them. They make great paperweights, but kinda hard to lift off the paper. Price was right, but, man are they heavy. Any and all suggestions welcomed.

Thoughts and prayers sent and will continue.

Thank you. I shall do so. I'll let you know what I find out.

Agreed. However, you have piqued my curiousity. In my limited empirical data collection of what cast base anvils look like, I have noticed less handling holes than on forged anvils. I don't remember seeing any with more than 2, so are there cast base anvils that have 3 or 4 or more holes? I would appreciate any insight you can provide as I would like to research this a bit more and your insight could help focus my research.

Maybe nothing, and I do not have an affirmative answer. While I realize that I cannot state that all cast base anvils will not have handling holes, neither can I say they will. I believe there to be a subset with handling holes for the reasons you state. However, the number and location of the handling holes would most likely be driven by the type, number, and location on the anvil of the actions that needed to be performed to complete it. Your statement, in response to mine, seems to infer that cast base anvils would, of necessity, have handling holes. I have seen cast base anvils that do not just as I have seen some cast base anvils do. The ones on cast base anvils I have seen were generally relegated to the foot of the anvil and not elsewhere. Thus, based upon my current understand of handling holes, along with the location of the two handling holes on the same side of the anvil in the picture, I cannot satisfactorily arrive at an explanation of why they would be necessary on a cast base anvil, whereas I can if it was forged. Hopefully, you can shed light on this. I will defer to the facts, information and skills that you have acquired over the years to provide an explanation for your own question.

Thomas, thank you for that information, however, that's the basis of my question - I thought Trenton bought cast bases and thus negated the need for forge welding the top and bottom pieces. However, I finally got the right keywords here together and found a response from member 101 H-B in 2014 to a question about an unidentified anvil. His response, in part, was: "Early on when CFI started making Trentons for Boker in Columbus, probably before they used cast bases, the bases were forged with a ledge on the feet, but with a handling hole in the front foot like all later Trentons. Some were marked U.S.A. as if to distinguish them from the previous German made ones." Knew this group would have an answer.....but still don't know what approximate year was for A7812 - can anyone take a look at AIA? I think it's 1898 or 1899. Thanks.

Posted about an early Trenton I found in an antique shop in Md.. After reading about the history, it says that they had cast bases - so why would this anvil have all the handling holes, including the two in this photo, one in the middle and one in the foot of the anvil? Anybody have any ideas?

I was wondering about the spelling of "wrot". So any idea as to year? as to the tong, he was a bit pricey on them. Wanted $50 a pair!!!!

Ran into this Trenton in an Antique shop in western Maryland today. Marked 113, so is that 113 pounds or 143 pounds? Serial looks like A7812 and has the letter S stamped on the left side of the foot. Has "Solid Wrought" over the Trenton symbol and USA. Fellow wants $390 for it. Two things - that seems a little high, but these days, prices seem to be climbing - so, buy or let sit? Second, what year? Around 1898? Thanks for any and all help. Oh, edges are pretty good and has a good rebound

Thanks Glenn. That's an interesting Patent.

No need to hammer it home Daswulf

Has a good ring and rebound

Maybe the last # is 2. Looks like maybe the bottom right corner has part of a 2