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csaone

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  1. I have cleaned my anvil up and painted everything but the top working surface to better identify and price my anvil. I understand my anvil is a Columbian, here is new photos to help identify the Triangle C and the BF in a circle and the F that is on the opposite side of the anvil from the triangle C and the circled backwards B and the standard F. The tools shown go with the anvil. the anvil weighs 208 pounds by a bath room scale. I do not know how to update my original Anvil identification request so I post it as a new topic.
  2. Thank you for your comments. Any Blacksmith has the capability to build something like that. My father had me hammering on hot iron at the age of 6 my favorite toy in his shop was a 16" swage block. Every blacksmith that I have ever met had the extreme desire and common knowledge to build just about any thing they set their mind to.
  3. I am sorry I did not answer your question about construction details on a cannon. I built them to 1841 blue prints. It takes about 3 to 4 months for me to build one by myself. I bought raw castings for the barrel it weighs about 1400 pounds. I done all of the machining including the bore. I hand forged almost all of the carriage parts. There is a substantial amount of wood working. The pay back is ok I guess when you are doing something you like. The price don't count that much. a standard 6 pounder with a smooth bore paid me $22,000.00 each, without a Limber if I made a Limber for it that would be another $6,000.00. I sold my machine shop in Fort Worth and bought land on the Blanco river in Wimberley Texas.
  4. Nice to hear from you Mr. Frosty The Lucky My Cannon building and Custom Knife making days are over. I am settling down to build RC models with my grand kids.
  5. This is one of my guns down by you at Fort Bliss, standing is the Fort Bliss early period reinactors
  6. identification 3 from CSAONE my name is Carl I live in Wimberley Texas. Wimberley is about 35 miles South West of Austin. If I am allowed I will send you my phone number. By the way I built the 6 Pound 1841 Cannon at the Fort Bliss museum. It was my personal Cannon for about 5 years. I built about 11 Cannons for the US Military. I made everything thing down to the hand forged 56 nails in the carriage.
  7. Thank you very much for identifying my anvil as a Columbian anvil. I am trying to identify the other markings. I am having to sell my anvil due to a broken back from a tractor accident. I am sure the purchaser will want to know what the other markings are. Please help on the identification. And a possible price to put on this Anvil, The dimensions are 30” long X 12” high X 4 ½” wide. It weighs 208 pounds on a bathroom scale. I have attached 6 photos for the help on identification.
  8. I have a large anvil with the following markings. the triangle is above the circle, both are on the left side of the anvil. they are raised and cast into the Anvil. See attachment. Please help me identify the maker this Anvil.
  9. I have a large anvil with the following markings. One mark is a pyramid with a C in it, the second mark is a circle with the following inside of the circle. A large T with a backwards 3 or a backwards B on the left side of the T and an F on the right side of the T. The backwards 3 or the backwards B and the F are on the vertical part of the T the top of the T is also the top of the F. All 3 letters are connected. This anvil was the last anvil to leave the Fort Worth TX. Stock Yards. The Fort Worth. Stock Yards opened in 1908 I was told the anvil was over 100 years old. Please help me identify this anvil.
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