roughrider

I have a quick question.
It looks to me like my anvil was welded in 2 places(the face,the waist).
which means that it was made in 3 pieces.
My question is first the horn on my anvil is a little mushroomed would cast iron mushroom
like that.
also do y'all know of any anvil company that cast at least the base,but not the body and what was the body made of.
Thanks

Does anyone have the book Anvils In America?
If you do have it would you mind trying to look my anvil up.
So it looks like now that it is not a Vulcan,ThomasPowers you said that your fisher does not have mounting brackets.So could it be a fisher?

Thanks Bentiron1946. several people have thought it looked like a fisher and I have been meaning to ask do all Fisher anvils have built in mounting brackets? My anvil has holes thru each of the feet but that could be custom.
Any insight would be great.

Thanks for the replys Sask Mark.
I have also heard that vulcans were common in schools.
But most of the vulcans I have seen seem a bit chuncky or not as curved under the heel as my anvil.
Let me know if you disagree sense I have never owned a Vulcan and have only seen a few pictures of them.
Thanks

Hey I thought I would add this bit of info/question.
The man I bought it from said that it was used in a school.can can y'all think of a common school brand?
Does anyone have any ideas about the mark V in the picture?
I cant seem to find any companys that marked there Anvils like that.
Also the anvil has a great rebound about 95%.(I know that probably dont in the help but I thought I would throw that in.)

Hi thanks all for your quick response.
Here are some pics.
I hope they help.

Hi I brought anvil about a month back and I have been searching sense then for what brand it is with no luck so far.
I was hoping y'all could help.
It looks like at least the base of it was cast(the markings on the base are raised.) but it also appears to be made in 3 pieces(the base,body,face).
the weight is 71 pounds which is marked under the heel on the base(raised)
there is also a mark next to the weight that looks like a "V" or something like that.
Other than that I dont no much more about it.except I have been using it and it works great it has a very nice rebound which makes my forging easier.
It does not ring at all but still works fine. I have heard that cast anvils dont ring(let me know if that true).
Well thats it any help would be great I will try to put on the pictures of it soon.

Hi I brought anvil about a month back and I have been searching sense then for what brand it is with no luck so far.
I was hoping y'all could help.
It looks like at least the base of it was cast(the markings on the base are raised.) but it also appears to be made in 3 pieces(the base,body,face).
the weight is 71 pounds which is marked under the heel on the base(raised)
there is also a mark next to the weight that looks like a "V" or something like that.
Other than that I dont no much more about it.except I have been using it and it works great it has a very nice rebound which makes my forging easier.
It does not ring at all but still works fine. I have heard that cast anvils dont ring(let me know if that true).
Well thats it any help would be great I will try to put on the pictures of it soon.

Well here are the pictures that you requested.
I hope that they help.

Also the holes do not appear to lug above the surface.

Hi I remembered today that the anvil also has a rectangular shaped depression between the front feet I am guessing that it is about 3'' long.
it also has another depression right above the one that I just wrote about but it is shaped differantly and is smaller(about 2'').
any help would be great.

Sorry pictures did not go thru yet I am trying right now.

Hi I recently bought an old anvil but I am unsure of the brand. I tried searching the net for any imformation about it but I did not have much luck.
So I thought that y'all might be able to help.well here go's.on the waist under the heel it is marked with a symbal that looks like either a "V" or an inverted
triangle.right next to that mark is the weight which says "71" I weighed it on my scale and that is the correct weight.The mark and the weight are raised
and not stamped I have been told that means that it was cast.there is also
1 hole in each foot for mounting it.other than this I do not know much about it the man that I bought it from said that it came from a school.by the way the anvil has great rebound I droped a large ball bearing on it from about 1 foot and it rebounded about 95%.
Anyway any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.