rustyanchor

Kj.s

Mine is mounted in a stand with a good bed of silicone and I don't remember if it had any markings on the front foot. One of the feet on mine is bent a bit, so it wobbles on a flat surface. I silicone'd and chained it into the stand, which kills the ring and gives me a stable anvil.

Woo Hoo  Mystery solved!

I am always amazed at the breadth of knowledge of the members on this site.

P.S. My Ajaxx is much nicer....and cuter

Logo looks to me like a Spartan/Roman type warrior profile.

Kj.S    FWIW...For What It's Worth,

I have a later Mousehole and the weight is on the opposite side of the U 2 on yours. I think the U2 on your anvil is a much later addition, more modern looking, it also looks too clean and crisp.  The logo and CWT weight on mine are visible with the horn to the right. It may very well be a mouse, but the U 2 was an add on I believe.

It is a nice looking anvil, I hope you enjoy it 

A bunch of Navy Chiefs at intel briefings would come up with some obscure or silly word or something that had no place in the conversation, and try to get the briefer to answer a question about said nonsense. I got a 'blue elephant' question answered.

The Intel Officer never seemed to catch on, that every brief there was some odd question...The Chief Staff did get wise, but I think he found it amusing as well.

It made the very dry and boring brief a little less painful

Billy,

You Sir, are a fountain of knowledge!!!

Bertie and wiki clued me in on the UK metric conversion, sounds like what we sort of tried in the 70's but the UK managed to go metric, we stayed sorta imperial with an annoying dose of metric thrown in for fun.  Good excuse to buy more tools-is torx a universal standard size?

Random questions from a bored mind....

Found a pretty nice breast drill at the junk shop, missing the aux handle and the 3 jaw chuck springs are worn, but it is in nice usable condition.

Fleetway Clipper made in England. No other markings I can see.  Trying to get a ball park date on it- 3/8-16 thread aux handle with a 3 jaw chuck. If it was real old it would probably have a 2 jaw chuck I would think, and newer would have metric threads on the aux handle socket.

I have been trying to dig up info on Fleetway Clipper, and so far there doesn't seem to be much out there, anyone have anything?

Found a UK tool site that has the same drill and mentions Suffolk Iron Foundry as a connected/parent company, but I'm still digging.

Bart,

Now I need to scrounge another bench vise and mount it. I think a removable version could be made easily enough for lighter work, and it would not add more clutter to the front of the bench.

George,

I have a drill press vise and never thought about clamping it in my bench vise...Brilliant!

I like the vertical mount bench vise. There are projects where a vise mounted like that, would be just the ticket.

AIA says 1921.

Looks like a farriers clip horn, very nice. If you want to gussy it up for it's 100th birthday, use a wire wheel and some boiled linseed oil. 

Enjoy it.

Good deal, I hope it serves you well, it has been around for a bit and looks like it still has some of life left.

A bit easier to move around too.

I agree with Das. It's an Oldie.

Did you get the Pfiel as well?

Nice HB.

The weight should be on the waist below the logo. T#4 may be the weight(154?). The numbers on the opposite side in the hardy hole area were believed to be steel heat numbers for a mill run of steel.

Should be an inspectors number on the front of the waist. I don't see one on mine, but I haven't spent too much time looking for it.

Enjoy your anvil, you have a good one.

Billy,

Sorry your machine is OOC, hopefully it gets back up and running fairly quickly. On the bright side, you found a good resource to play with.

If I ever get to your neck of the woods, I will take you up on a cookie!

Not sure if you came up with a set of wheels for your anvil, but here is my crude submission. The anvil is a 100 pound Mouse hole, chained and silicone bedded to the stand. Hitting it sounds like hitting a dead fish, no ring.

The wheel set fits into a pair of hooks on the anvil stand and a bent pipe goes into the hardy hole. I can drag it around with the pipe (Mouse tail), the wheel set also fits into hooks on the forge.

I would love to date your Trenton, does she prefer flowers and chocolate or hot metal and hammering? Long distance dating just really doesn't work for me though...

AIA says 1904 for a birthdate.

My family heirloom vise, from my dads family's farm.

Thank you for posting the pic. I love the old shop pics.

I understand lightening the load when moving. I did a 700 mile move from Virginia to Kentucky. I had had a moving van, 2 horse trailers with horses, a U Haul, a utility trailer and 2 53' flat bed semis worth of "stuff" and I even dumped a bunch of stuff.  It took several weeks and multiple trips dragging various trailers of stuff. I have gathered even more stuff since I got to my permanent home. I will not move again,

I agree your grandfathers anvil would be a nice family heirloom.

Looks like 1906. The pictured anvil looks like it is in good shape and you should have no trouble selling it. Would it cost more to move than you will make selling it? How common are anvils in the Yukon? (Random thoughts from a cluttered mind)

I would love to see the pic of your grandfather working.

Probably the best $50 you will spend for a long time. 153 was the weight when it was made, S/N dates it to 1919. As long as the remaining top plate is still attached, there is plenty of working area over the waist.

Good score, have fun with it! 

Awesome, It should serve you well, I hope you enjoy using it for many years to come.

Blue,

I am of the opinion that if you want it, and can afford it, go for it. Is it a screaming hot deal, probably not, but most of us seem to miss the "OH MY" deals and do with what we get. I do get buyers remorse at times, but I could have spent my tool money on beer and pizza(and flushed it away the next day). I still have most of the "over priced" stuff I have bought over the years, and most of it costs more than I paid to replace.

$ 6.75 a year if you use it for a hundred years. (Gotta sign up for the long term agreement..... )

Do what feels right.

From AIA, the S/N dates it to after 1896, but before 1911.  The trademark stamps don't match the illustrations in AIA. Sooo I would call it a turn of the century Mouse Hole.

AIA has lots of great research, RP documented what he had personally seen or had good solid proof of. Lots of info out there still to be found and added.

Looks like a very nice 1907 HB. Did you check the ring and rebound?

I can't tell you if it is a good investment or not, $675 is a chunk of money. If it rings, and the rebound is good, it is a nice looking anvil, of a good size, made by a respected maker. If you use it for 10 years, it is $67.50 a year rent.

Hope it works out for you.