I've always wanted a a stubby, massive anvil with thick waist and slightly convex face. The closest pattern that matches would probably be a french 'pig' anvil. If only it had a solid base instead of those tiny feet...
Well whatd'ya know, here's what i managed to score yesterday :)
She comes in at 105kg (230 lbs) and cost me an even 100$. Great condition, with no major damage and nice rebound.
In our country 95% of all anvils are soviet standard models, they're cheap, plenty and ugly. About 4.9% are pre-soviet era eastern european cast iron with carbon steel face... they are ok, but the quality is not the best, most of them has issues with face delaminating or missing big chunks. The remaining 0.1% are the exotic foreigners (germans and swedes mostly).
So imagine my surprise when I saw this french babe up for sale!
The guy who sold it said he found it tearing down some old barns, he thought it was a regular piece of soviet junk.
I can't even imagine how it got here considering how far away France is and how little connection whatsoever we've had with them.
Any European guys know anything about the age/make of this beauty?
And here is the regular soviet chunk of steel for comparison (97kg cast steel). Seems that is wasn't hardened, so rebound is XXXX