Evan Lacaillade

thanks for the replies everyone, i emailed about going to take a look at it this weekend.

I saw this anvil a while ago on craigslist, for $300. They have dropped the price and it says they are taking offers. What do others think of this anvil? should i go make an offer? http://burlington.craigslist.org/atq/1611574377.html

i was checking the surrounding areas for deals on anvils and i saw this. almost made the potential road trip to check it out. nice buy!

thanks for the responses! no worries i know better than to start welding or grinding on my baby. the dings on the corners and such just remind me that this anvil has history, one of my favorite things about smithing.

This is my first anvil. I have been reading around the forum and other sites to try to determine its maker. As i started cleaning it today i believe i found the hundredweight markings, 1 3 2. The last picture shows this (faintly visible). It also appears to me that it has the punch marks between the numbers indicating a Mousehole anvil. I have read that this would be rather big for a Mousehole. Anybody else have any ideas about it? Note: the seller advertised the anvil as 100-120 pounds. After lifting it i knew it to be more, and these weight markings show it to be nearly twice that. I paid 200 for it a couple years ago.

although i have graduated from high school, i think i fall under the grouping "younger members". i am 20 now, and started smithing about 3 years ago. I did an independent study type project required for graduation all about smithing with a guy who had just opened a shop locally, and i have loved it ever since. come to think of it, i loved seeing the displays at the local "Shelburne Museum" and "Tunbridge World's Fair" long before i ever tried anything myself.

This is my first anvil. I found it in a newspaper classified a couple years ago, shortly after i had started dabbling in blacksmithing. The seller thought it weighed 100-120 pounds, I believe it weighs much more. It sat in my parents garage for the past 2-3 years, but I plan to start using it this week once my new forge arrives. I started cleaning the anvil up today and I think I found weight markings (last picture), 1 . 3 . 2 is what I see, 198 lbs? I APPEARS to me that it has the punch marks between the numbers meaning it is a Mousehole. I am very new to all of this, so any other insight is greatly appreciated. I believe the anvil was listed for 220, paid 200 and got him to throw in a decent hammer.