Chris Bell

Its funny i had never once thought of trying a different size bearing, ill have to see what i can find at work tomorrow and give it a shot. I'm familiar with Hern Iron works i personally own 2 of their cannons and between friends and i we have 6 of the xxxx things. the gentleman i bought it from implied it was the real deal and bought as a prop and not made as a prop but who knows (he was actually in one of the storage wars episodes where Berry bought some old silver western gear and took it to him to look at). I'm just curious about the make for my own knowledge its not gonna change what it is or the fact i use it in any way, weather its good or fair its better than no anvil at all. Thank you guys for all the help a really appreciate it.

Thanks for the reply rustyanchor (Mark). Yes it does have seam under the horn but i dont see one for a plate. It did ring better with a little more rebound when i first looked at it (it was sitting on gravel) on the face i see no marks for a pritchel hole but almost looks like there are some grinding marks on the underside where it could have been located. Aside from the horn being blunt its a nice anvil fun to work on with nice edges, it does have some pitting on the face and horn but not horrible much better than my first anvil that i made the mistake of buying off of ebay and got what turned out to be a 100lb A.S.O.

I purchased this anvil a few years ago for just under $300 from a western prop supplier who said it was "old" (only movie he remembered in 100% being in was Seabiscut), I'm not 100% sure on the weight I'm guessing around 250lbs. sitting on the ash stump is has a 35-40% rebound with a 3/4" ball bearing dropped from 10", it has a sleight ring to it. the face will mar a little with a missed hammer blow there are NO marking at all but a spot on the side where there are signs of a grinder being used, there is also no pritcher hole, the horn is a bit flat on the top and has no real point to it.