UrsusFabricus

Assuming it doesn't dent the first time I knock iron on it, I'll bet I can make something of it :-) Thank you for the encouragement Glenn.

Thanks Mr. McPherson. I'll test that out.

Greetings, I bought this monster off a bladesmith in Alabama as my first anvil. He pegged the weight at around 400 lbs, but I haven't weighed it. Suffice to say it weighs a solid ton if you're picking it up. I'm a big guy, and all I can do is waddle walk it from the truck to the garage. The only markings I've found are a big "B N C" inset on the side. I can't find any of the traditional weight marking numbers. There's a hardy hole but no pritchel, and the horn is enormous. The whole thing could probably do with a grinding, it's pretty rough. There seems to be a seam on the horn, which leads me to believe this is cast. I only paid a couple hundred bucks for it (~50c/lb), but after doing some research I'm concerned this is one of those dreaded POS anvil-like objects that I've read about that have no life to them. Can anybody tell me one way or the other? I'm stuck with it either way, and I'll use it, but I need to know if it's going to be utter crud to work on. I've included a couple of pictures if that helps. Thanks for any assistance. -UF