jack1knife

Around 1847, Mark Fisher makes his first anvil in Newport, Maine. He had run a tannery there. When it burned down, he found iron that had fused to steel in the rubble. He figure out that this might be a way to get the steel top onto a cast iron anvil. No one knows why he tried this, but he succeeded. Anvils were made at his foundry there until around 1852. Named Fisher Anvils at this time.

 

Josh, do any known anvils of this type exist today - just the "FISHER ANVILS" Brand?

Post a picture if so!

I have recently been using DELFT Clay from the Netherlands I bout on RIOGRANDE dot com.

For very small models (other than the nasty fumes) the detail and quality is really unmatched for sandcasting.

Best of luck!

A hand forged wrought iron / blister-and-shear steel 20lb Peter Wright is NOT a 23lb Cast Iron Start Anvil.

I hope were not making that comparison.

That being said...    ... I want BOTH of 'em

The Gunsmith of Williamsburg is the video to watch regarding this subject!!

Youtube 'colonial gunsmith' and youll find a few videos that have survived the copywright barriage.

Wallace Gusler is an amazing individual..

Friends,

I just bought a Hay Budden with S/N 214483.  It is marked with a small 134 in the middle (but it is not for weight, it is for 200# in hundredweight).  It is second generation (having the top half tool steel at the waist) and is a Farriers Anvil - having 2 prichel holes and one end of the table is round.

Can anyone tell me the date of MFG? or anything else about this anvil?  I will upload a picture one I get it cleaned up (stainless steel wool, soap and water, WD40 and some elbow grease)

Havent got my AIA book yet!

Thanks!