Georgi H

Hi Matei, Sorry for the late responce. As far as type , the most popular anvils down here are the double horned, but there are too many different manifacturers for those. Socialist era double horned(bulgarian made) probably the most common. Classic type JEB-s also fairly common but as you say most of those have a dished mid section unfortunately. Nice work on your web-site! Greetings! <script type="text/javascript"> //

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Hi All, I am new to this forum and blacksmithing too. I spotted this anvil in a residential backyard . The owners were so kind to let me close exam it and take pics. By now I was thinking of all JEB-s as single horned, stepped based, no pritchel hole design but that is not the case. Also never seen eagles next to the JEB logo. Anvil seems to be in the 25-30 kg range. Thought would be interesting to share with you guys.

Hi Gergely , Thank you for the reply. I bought the anvil from a blacksmiths family (third generation blacksmiths) that quit their business about 15 years ago. I also bought two blacksmith vices from them - one portable without a leg(post) but with a clamp to be mounted on a wagon board, dated 1941 and another one with a post - mutch older than the first one. Once I picture them I will post them on the vice section of this forum. Those guys also had a JEB anvil(about 50 kg ?) but its surface was badly chipped so I picked up the RIMA-BALKAN one. Generally speaking , if you start looking for an anvil down here the most common types as far as availability are (in decreasing order): 1. Anvils from the socialist era - most of them two horned cast steel. They are made of good quality steel and properly tempered(from what I have seen by now) but I do not like the shape of them - a clumsy copy of the classical German design. Most of those are still available at the old socialist era factories and factory owned workshops. 2.JEB-s and anvils with the same shape but without the JEB logo. Those are before WW2 imports and fairly common among private individuals who inherited them. Unfortunately quite a few of them are in a decent shape. 3.Stake anvils (I like those a lot! ) of various weight and shape - usually double horned, but also some single horned and hornless , unknown manufacturers , some of them claimed to be of Swedish origin (probably imports during the Ottoman Empire). They seem to be forged steel with a varying surface quality - some still quite usable, others almost shapeless. Right now I am restoring a small such an anvil about - 3 kg , to be used as a beak. 4.Miscelaneous other types including Czeck Skoda (pre-WW2), German anvils and so on. I have never seen a RIMA- BALKAN anvil live or in picture except for mine. There was an Ukrainian article about trditional blacksmith craft museum with some photos - http://schoolfield.com.ua/articless/sovremeniy-kuznec.html Pictures #4 and #9(counted from the begining) show an anvil pritty close in shape to the RIMA-BALKAN type, on #4 barely readable RIMA-BALKAN logo(or at least I think so). I e-maled to Bogdan my questions and guesses, but have no answer yet. Anyway, wish I knew more about that anvils background but I will enjoy it like that too! :) Thanks and cheers! Georgi

Here are some pics of my anvil in question ( post#23 ). Hardie hole is 2.5 cm. Greetings - George

Hi Gergely, That is very interesting and informative statement to me because I have an anvil that has RIMA-BALKAN sign on it. I have been trying to find info about it unsuccessfully so far. Weight is 51 kg , has some lettering and numbering on the side of the base. Good ring and rebound. Probably cast steel. Any more info on those would be highly appreciated !