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Welp...if w162 is on the left front foot it is the weight, a27229 on the right front would be a 1902 +/- 2 years. As the name 'Trenton' suggests your anvil was made in...Columbus Ohio??? by the Columbus Forge and Iron Co. We love pics and if you fill in your location...you may find someone in your area that can give you more info on using your anvil or rehoming it if that is your desire. Mark

I would agree it looks like the innards of an axle, possibly from an alien space craft, but not sure on that. The circus used to come to town and they used those as "tent pegs", drove them in with big sledge hammers, used the elephants to pull them out. Mark

My experience has been you never know what will sell on a particular day, same location, different week and a whole different interest. As Thomas says you can have several items that sit for a long time with minimal interest and one day they become the best seller you have. Price your work depending on the amount of work/time/materials invested and stick to the price. If you go to markets with a higher end crowd and higher end vendors you have a better opportunity to sell higher end work. If you go to bargin sale type events, people are looking to spend nothing for something. We made the mistakes of going to a few bargin type sales and got frustrated with the bargin hunters looking to pay pennies for a piece. Bet most of them would be insulted if I asked them to do their job for pennies an hour. I could babble for a long time on oopses we made, but will spare you. Mark

I asked around, called and about pulled my little bit of remaining hair out when I was looking for coal in my area, everybody has switched to fuel oil or gas and coal seened to be like hen's teeth around here. I finally called the local radio station during their morning swap shop and asked if anyone knew of a source for coal. Got a call almost as soon as I hung up from a gentleman who had retired from the county and knew of a coal pile that had been sitting in a basement since the building was converted to gas heat 20 years ago. He gave me a name and I called and was told come get as much as you want...take it all. Worth a try. Mark

That looks like a pretty good size vise. Forge looks like it has a good bit of life left in it, so good deal. Personally I like my dogs and don't mind spending 'quality time' with them...Tools like these are things you buy once and you pass them on to your kids after you are too old and tired to hammer anymore. Enjoy the toys. Mark

I think you did very well. The anvil looks fine and the tools and stand only sweeten the deal. We all want to find the pristene anvil complete with original stickers/paint that was only used by Granny at Christmas time to crack walnuts with a wooden mallet. The reality is' most of us hope to get a decent anvil for hopefully a decent price and we will be happy. Of course there are those that seem to score the Christmas anvil regularly for 20 cents a pound- Good on them! Be glad you are not the one who got a "Great deal on a beat to pieces ASO for 6 dollars a pound because it is a family heirloom and old too! Hammer happily Mark

Where are you demo'ng? No matter how I spell it "demo ing" doesn't look right.

AIA says 1919 plus or minus 2 years

Not a masterpiece but it seems to get the point across.

KYBOY and Wayne, Like Dave said, if you are going to be in the area let me know as well and maybe we could do a meet and greet at Sandusky. Mark

Wayne, I will swing by this week and see what they have. I always "need" something...It usually takes me a couple of hours to see what kind of new goodies they have. Mark

I think they are very reasonable, but I don't really have anything to compare them to. I know I bought misc 1/8th plate pieces for 50 cents a pound. Nuts, bolts, and the misc stuff runs 50 cents a pound. If you give me a list of pieces you are looking for, I can run by there next week and get some prices. Any excuse to wander around because I know I need something they have.

There is Sandusky Steel in Columbia KY. It is so much more than just new steel, they have all sorts of used steel bits and pieces sold by the pound. I think you will find pretty much what you want in inventory, They have a very large selection of hot rolled, cold formed, plate, tube and usually have some really good clearance stock. Last time I was there they had a bunch of cold formed square and round as clearance. An interesting thing is: if you want a short piece of something they will cut you what you want and you don't have to buy a 12' or 20' length. If you decide to visit, plan on spending a few hours looking around the place. They have buildings full of misc. fasteners, motors, gears, and fittings. Disney land for metal junkies...

Oh you guys, now we are painting designer anvils...Maybe a blacksmithing scene on one side and a floral decoration on the other... Geez I didn't mean to send the thread off into the hinter lands.

You did well. She is a pretty girl. There is something about the look of old iron. If someone did want to paint an old piece of iron, I would suggest a low quality latex house paint applied liberally with a roller in a nice pastel color....

Painted????Oh the shame of putting paint on a working tool! I kind of like the clean and oil and let it reacquire a nice working patina.... It is a very nice anvil and I hope you two have many happy hours together.

I'm south of Columbia, KY and there are anvils here, A lot of farms and estates being auctioned off, most of the farm auctions list at least one anvil, but I haven't gone to see what the final selling price is. One of the local antique shops had 2 anvils, one had part of the top plate missing but the other was a nice stump anvil, he also had a wagon tongue vise that I was trying to get a decent price on the pair but he had too much in them for me. Walked into a hardware/misc stuff store and there was a leg vise sticking out of a wood crate, I was so focused on the leg vise that I kicked a 100 pound Mouse Hole sitting in front of the crate. (Don't kick an anvil, it hurts, but it did get my attention) There was a second anvil beside the Mouse, but it was missing part of the top plate, Humm missing part of the top plate seems to be a trend here. I went back a month or so later and the wounded anvil was still there and I think the guy was ready to get rid of it, but I don't need a wounded anvil that I am pretty sure I wouldn't get around to doing anything to repair it. I haven't looked at CL in months so not sure what is selling there.

According to AIA your second pictured anvil is a 99 pound Trenton made in 1900, sorry I can't help with your other anvil. Good luck with identifying it Mark

Would like to attend but have a new horse coming in Mon or Tue and need to get a quarantine pasture ready for him. Hopefully I will get to the next meeting. Mark

The Scottsville Hammer In was a good time, Chase, his parents and Dave Custer did a fantastic job making the first hammer in at Chase's shop a really enjoyable time. Dave and Chase made a nice hammer for iron in the hat, then spent the day instructing Andrew, Patrick, one of Chase's young neighbors (I'll be darned if I can remember his name, it's tough getting old...) and myself on tong making, leaf making and passed on lots of good tips to the new kids. If he has another event at his house I'll be there (his mothers cake alone was worth the trip...) It was a really nice time and I got to meet a fantastic group of people. Chase and Dave Thank you Gil and Angie You are fantastic hosts. Andrew, Patrick, and young lad... I enjoyed meeting and hanging out for the day. Mark

NC Tool has a farriers pattern in that weight range, not sure on price though. A friend had a 70 pound NC anvil he used for blacksmithing and he said it was as good as the other anvils he used (Trexton varient of a Trenton and a Swedish, both about 125 pound). Hope it helps Mark

If the rebound and ring are good, you have a nice anvil for $400AU, not sure what exchange rate AU to US is but if I convert kg to pounds and figure the price in US $ it works out to a little over $2 a pound. The over hanging lip can be dressed and a little radius on the damaged edge and I think you have a nice anvil. Buy it and enjoy it. Mark

Don't have a guess as to who made it, but it looks to be in good shape and if the offered price is right, take the gentleman up on it. Give the old girl a new home and put it back to work. I hear other 'working' anvils laugh at gardening anvils, they say it is shovel and hoe's work.... Mark

The S/N is a 1907 date according to AIA. Looks to be in very nice shape, your location and the availibility of anvils in your area can affect values, but $2-3 a pound seems to be the going rate. It may pull more because of the condition.

I have a wisper Mama 2 burner forge and it will go a few hours on a 20 pound. I don't run it constantly though. NC tool can give you the burn rate for each burner. You will need a bigger tank for that forge if you run any more pressure, my Mama will pull fast enough at 12-15 psi to ice the valve on a 20 pound and cut the gas supply off. I do believe what you are seeing is Dragons Breath from your ports but I'm no expert. Mark