SemperFiDawg

Just spoke with a guy out in Oregon. He was familiar with bandsaw anvils as his company regrinds the faces. Gave me some good pointers and a price. According to him most are made from as you stated, mild cast steel but some are chilled for hardness which according to him increases the value substantially. He suggest I use a file to test for hardness which I plan on doing when I get off work today. Thanks for the input.

Added location. Have no idea how to turn the pics or why they posted at a 90 degree rotation to start with. Not that tech savvy. The older gentleman I got them from said the plates were bandsaw anvils that he worked large bandsaw blades on for what it's worth. Yes the round one is slightly conical with grips cast into the side. It appears to be solid steel and does not have a hardened face plate like my Fisher. I would guess the top,face at roughly 10 inch diameter an the bottom at 12. I'm at work now so I can't get the exact measurements. Will try to post a pic of the grips. Maybe it won't rotate on me. Not the best pic, but you can see the grip on right side. There's another on the opposite side.

I picked these up from a guy that was getting out of the saw repair business. The round one is weighs about 55 pounds. The two rectangle ones are each 2 inches thick and the faces are 10 inches by 48 inches and weigh between 200-300 lbs each. All faces are near perfect except for some surface rust. No markings of any kind to indicate origin. Does anyone have any info on these? I am interested in possibly selling one of the large ones as I have two, but I have no idea as to what a fair price would be. Thanks in advance for any input.