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Here's a 300 pound Beaudry hammer for sale in eastern Canada:

Beaudry Champion forging hammer

SN 121106 indicates a year of manufacture of 1907.

frankyluckman, are you considering incorporating forged pieces into a future bike? I always thought it would be cool to see something like pattern welded brake and clutch levers. Nothing too gaudy, just some smaller detail pieces.

You have some pretty amazing skills already. The rigid Villain with the 200 rear tire is the best looking bike ever built in my opinion.

You have an amazing eye for design. If you apply that eye to blacksmithing, you will blow us out of the water with what you will turn out.

Are the Kohlswa's the most predominant anvil found in your part of the world, or do you focus your collection on them? Considering they are made in Sweden, it would stand to reason that they would be more common than other brands.

I would love to get my hands on the 672 pound London Pattern Kohlswa that is still being cast.

Very nice bunch of anvils you have there.

Just out of curiosity, Is there anyone out there that knows of another 9" or something bigger? Someday I am going to put this on a stand but its not really useful for me at the moment. Its just way to dang much work to deal with a big vise, My 6 3/4 is about as big as I need and I find a 5.5 to 6" is ideal for most things. The only thing I can think of is like doing Darryl's animal heads it would be nice to have a really stout vise for the chisel work.. at 215 lbs this vise is heaver that a lot of anvils! Swinging that three foot long handle around half a dozen times to get it clamped on a hot chunk will cure you of wanting a big vise.... Especially if you clock yourself in the chin once or twice

Looks like a Trenton. Nice anvil!

The 161 is the weight in pounds. The other number is the serial number. If the serial number is 177152, it was made in approximately 1920. If the serial number is 77152, it was made in approximately 1908.

Those are some beautiful pieces! Thanks for sharing.

I would guess that the crack you see is probably the remenant of the seam where the top and bottom were forge welded together.

I personally wouldn't be afraid to use it.

Thankfully, we should consider changing the name of this thread to 'Frosty out of the hospital'. :D

Welcome back Frosty. It wasn't the same without you!

My 170 pounder. I have since mounted it onto a stand made of 1/2" plate and 2 X 3 tubing.

I have about 5 others in the 4-5 " range, but this one is my favorite.

I just bought a 128 trenton. The edges on the face are not as clean as yours but has a side small plate coming off the side (not sure what they are called) of the step. I paid 269 for it and I feel like it got a pretty good deal. Unless it has poor rebound (mine is about 90-95%) anything approaching $2 a pound is decent price. most things I was seeing in my area were approaching $3 a lb so I think you go a great deal.

Trentons are generally considered one of the better brands of anvils, not too far from Hay Buddens, Arm and Hammers, Peter Wrights etc.

I would consider $110 a very good price for that anvil. You did well!

If you are looking to clean it or remove paint, a cup brush on an angle grinder is usually recommended. A collector once told me he doesn't like the 'battleship grey' color that sandblasting gives to anvils.

I'd say it's a Trenon made in 1916 according to the serial number.

Broke Spoke, the serial number 168541 corresponds to the year 1909.

If it is stamped Brooklyn, NY, it is probably a Hay Budden.

Can you learn to hammer with the other arm?

Are you making any of these to sell?

Have you considered putting a friction pile foundation below the hammer?

The whole area is beautiful.

Multnomah Falls is a short trip out of the city. Mount Hood is a nice trip. Mount St. Helens is a nice trip. The ocean is close. The Columbia River Gorge has so many sites.

I really miss that area. I used to travel down there often for work and regrettably, never took advantage of all the sites.

Very nicely done! That vice looks great.

Very nice anvil you have there.

I think that Peter Wrights only had the wrought iron bodies with a steel face. You might be thinking of Hay Buddens that had the top half made entirely of steel starting in 1908.

Peter Wrights tended to be finished very nicely which is probably why you can't see the seam between the body and the face plate.

If I remember correctly, the author of Anvils in America believes that the U.S. manufactured anvils didn't have this high level of finishing done to them so they could be competitively priced with the well established English anvils. That is why you can generally see the seam on U.S. made anvils.