Black Frog

An S&H in that configuration is indeed quite rare. I know the seller, he may know more about German anvils than anyone in the U.S., and I've purchased from him before. I don't see that price for that anvil being horribly out of line, sure it's a bit high, don't all sellers start high? I do. Saying $100 for that is ridiculous for anyone that knows anything about anvils.

Wouldn't we all....

That's a good question, I really don't remember. It was a scrap piece from something... I want to say it was 3/4", possibly 7/8"? Threads forge down and you lose some bulk diameter, so you start a little bigger than you think.

Not only do bolts make fun stuff... but threaded rod does too. :-)

Drop forged, the real deal.

As NoName mentioned above, that would be 1920 according to A.I.A. Trenton had many different logo styles through their history. The German Trentons had different stamp styles, but they did not include serial numbers so no way to track them. The U.S. manufacturing had several different styles of stamps. I'm always collecting more samples, but as of now it's looking like they had seven different styles of stamps.

Thank you! That style is the 5th used in U.S. manufacturing, one of the higher serial numbers I've seen for that style. Much appreciated!

....sometimes all I need to see is just a little bit to determine what style logo it might be. Thanks!

Please, closeup pics of the side logo stamp! This serial number would help out for the logo database, this would help to slightly "fill the gap" in serial number ranges.

"LAKESIDE" is the overstamp name... Thanks for the pics!

Those are the ballpark dimensions of a 350# Fisher.

Thanks Bayshore! Yours is an earlier German-made Trenton. Unfortunately the German ones didn't have serial numbers, so no good way to track the manufacturing date. The German ones had several different varieties of the TRENTON stamp.

Thanks for posting your anvil pictures! Yours is the second to last style of logo stamp used for U.S. manufacturing. This is what I refer to as the 'transitional style N' logo. The logo before your style had a rather normal looking middle N character. The logo after your style is where the legs of the stylized middle N are rather close together, almost looking like an X (but it is not an X), and some people mistakenly call it a "Trexton" anvil.

I've seen different year dates on Soderfors several times. My theory is that one is the date of the pattern for making the mold (they did wear out over time), and the other is the casting date.

Perfect! Thank you! 1917-1918 ballpark from A.I.A. Yup doing the same for both A&H and Trenton.

Please take a close-up picture of the serial number on the front foot under the horn!

Goldie was an early anvil maker in the U.S. as well. Great find!

Soderfors. Top notch anvil.

With a base like that, Budden, no doubt.

Not until I'm satisfied with the completeness of the information.

Thanks, that confirms the early serial number style. That would be the 1906 ballpark!

I know it is cast, but WHICH cast base is it.... There was more than one style of cast base.

Thank you for the pics! The first digit does not loot to be a "1", it might be remnants of a leading "A" prefix seen on many Trentons. If it was indeed a leading 1 for a 165xxx serial number, the logo stamp would be a different style. Yours logo stamp agrees with the style of 65xxx serial number range. Thanks again! :-) Also you can take a pic of the underside of the base to see if it is the early style cast base or the later style. That helps with serial numbers too....

Can you take a closeup of the side logo stamp? I'd like to add it to the logo database I have going for Trenton anvils. Thanks!

how about a picture of the serial number on the front foot?