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Jim, where was the shop located?

It's on my short term bucket list Brian! I enjoyed south Idaho when I traveled for work. Flying into SLC looked beautiful. Maybe you can show me how you make those awesome damascus bracelets and spurs.

Hey Brian, you would know this. I always thought most post-tension cables run on the bottoms of the slabs for tensile strength to prevent too much slab sagging. Do you see many of them at the top of the slab?

Nothing can EVER go wrong when there are bets being made while drinking, eh? A 25'ish your old friend of my brother showed up at my shop with my brother and managed to get my 455 pound Peter Wright 'slightly' lifted off the stand. Surprised me as he is a bean pole.

In theory, that would work. Unfortunately they are a couple of non-drinkers. They just drove back from Vegas and the anvil was about 300 miles off the interstate they were on. I also tried to get them to ge through Salinas to pick up an awesome 410 pound Trenton, but they nixed that idea too...

When we have to locate reinforcing in slabs we pay around $300 to have it x-rayed. I would personally consider epoxy anchors as you don't have to go very deep with them. They are very strong.

I contacted the seller about that one and it sounds like it weighs 200 pounds. I told him where to look for the weight stamping on Trentons. It is a nice looking anvil, isn't it? I was going to buy it as I had a couple of friends driving by on a road trip, but it was too far out of their way.

Richard Postman, the author of Anvils in America believe that they were inspector's marks. Peter Wrights had numerous different stampings on the front feet and anchors were one of the common stamps.

Your anvil was made around 1914 according to Anvils in America.

Good on ya Joshua. I hope you can make the best of your time.

According to Anvils In America, 105 indicates it weighed 105 pounds. A110901 is the serial number that indicates your anvil was made approximately 1912. The line under the horn appears to be the seam where the top half was forge welded to the cast steel base.

Just a note here, Joshua lives in Canada. Lawsuits are far less common here and gun violence is quite rare as well. As well, the principal would have some pretty heavy duty explaining if anything else happened to Joshua. Yes, there is accountability in the public school systems in Canada. I'm just saying that he probably doesn't have to hire a lawyer or prepare for the apocolypse or start packing heat. It was a schoolyard fight and he got a week off. It sounds like he can take care of himself physically. If this escalates into something else a quick call to the school board would probably create ripples the principal doesn't want.

Awesome! Yet another great piece Postleg.

Sweet merciful crap, that's awesome! Congratulations!

You're lucky that swearing isn't allowed on IFI...

Awesome find!! I'm jealous, but congrats!

It was made in 1905.

The owner's name is Vernon.

Very cool. Looks like some good publicity (whether you want it or not).

I talked to him personally and he told me it was a 50.

The same guy also has a 50 pound Beaudry for sale: http://ontario.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-tools-power-tools-Blacksmith-Forging-Power-Hammer-W0QQAdIdZ370236808

Looks pretty awesome to me Bruce. I think you've captured the spirit nicely.

Sounds like a Trenton. The serial number 164694 was produced in roughly 19185 according to Anvils in America.

It looks similar to many Trentons I have seen. Is there any numbers or letter stamped on the front of the base?

When I repaired my large anvil we did the pre-heat with a rosebud tip. I encountered the snapping/popping sound when the acetylene tank was almost empty. We changed the tanks and the problem went away.