graindrillman

Thanks to the member's for the information . The last couple of postings have been very helpfull. I am still lost as to why there is a hardy hole in the bick iron ???????????. There are a lot of pictures of these bick irons on different web sites and collector profiles but I have yet to see any with the hole ?????. These pieces that I have , were all found in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec.These are parts of Canada that were first settled in the late 1700's and early 1800's.This might complicate things coming from other country's that have not been researched as much as the North American company's. Thanks again for the help

Sorry about the quality of the pictures but this was my first posting on this site and must have missed hitting a button. The one that can now be called a scythe anvil or blocking stake has the name "STUBS" with the number "3" on it . Can any one tell me anything about this company. This is a factory mark not something that was marked for personal use. Thanks to everyone that has helped with my original question.

OK This has been posted for almost a full day and I am no smarter now than when I started. These are not for sale right now . Having bought , sold and traded for a lot of years I do know that if you own it , it is worth nothing or very little untill the professional gets it and then it's worth thousands of $$$$. All I am asking is for enough information that I can pass it along when I do decide to get rid of them . If they are worthless there are four large scrap yards within 30 miles that would be more than happy to mix this old iron in with the low end scrap. These are very well made tools not just something that was made out of rail road spikes and truck axels.

I need some help trying to find out more about these pieces. I just got them in on a trade. I usually only collect cast iron seats wrenches and chainsaws but these really looked interesting. One of these I was told is a "HAND ANVIL" ???? very small ,very old cast. The stump anvil is also very interesting it is huge weigh's in at 71 1/2 lbs. It also has a hardy hole in the fluted coloum. The small stump anvil is 4 1/2 lb's and has the the STUBS on it with the number 3. I hope the pictures help. Thanks Bruce