grisaille

Yes. Cast.

It may well be a Soderfors. I can make out only three letters on one side and they are EDE, in succession, in the same font used in the stamped versions of the word SWEDEN on other Soderfors anvils. 

 

Thanks!

~grisaille  

Hello everyone.

This anvil came to me and I am interested in identifying the maker, if possible.
It measures:
Length: 36"
Base: 15 1/2" x 13 1/2"
Height: 16"
Face: 5 3/8" x 22 1/2"
Weight: unknown so far, but a sight heavier than 250 lbs, as I could just lift my old 250 lb. Hay Budden. I would believe it if the stamped 349 indicates it's weight when made. Obvious damage to hardy hole. Rings like mad.

I will be using it but am curious about what sort it is. There are some markings in the photographs that I will not attempt to interpret beyond the 349 that I see on one side just above where the cove dissipates into the side. Lots of rusting had obliterated much of the stamping.

Thanks for any insight.

~grisaille

Okay, thanks.

That all makes perfect sense.

I have a couple hundred pounds of flea market chisels. Making my own tools for other applications is what got me involved with this anvil business to begin with. Thanks. Chisels from chisels, test, test, test.

~grisaille

Being new to this craft I am interested in making some of the tools I will use in the near and far future. While I do not wretch at the concept of buying steel from metal suppliers, I also am in an advantageous spot to hit scrap yards and flea markets.

In reading many of the posts here and elsewhere I see that type of steel is important, as is the method of quenching, hardening, (treatment).

Is there a post, link, or thread/sticky somewhere that I may have missed that roughly matches up grades of steel with their original manufacturing applications, and what recycled/reforged application that steel would then be good for.

Such as: "car axles are X grade, so you could make a _______ out of one"

I have taken note of and downloaded the heat treatment app.

Also, a couple years back at auction I grabbed, along with some 50 cent digging/pry bars, a 5' length of 1 1/2" hex stock with a round, maybe 1 1/8" tenon on one end. What would that be used for. This was in southeastern Pennsylvania farm country.

~grisaille

Thank you for the input about the anvil.

 

Roadside stands and flea markets have given me these hammers.

 

~g

I have a background in stone masonry, so will be able to build a stationary forge easier than a movable steel forge.

 

Below is a photograph of the anvil's bottom.

 

 

~g

I forgot to mention that the anvil is supposedly 235 lbs, and while I did not check that yet, I do know that it's something that I should not be lifting regularly. After I remove some paint I will see if there are more markings, but so far just the two numerals.

Hello.

 

I am new to the site, and this work specifically.

 

This week has me collecting some basic tools.

 

Maybe some will know who made my anvil. I do not. The first photograph includes stamped numerals in the lower left. It is about 30 3/4" long, with 4 3/4" wide face.

The tongs and blower came with the anvil.

 

Earlier in the week another blower, a George Cummings, came to me with a post vise stamped "SOLID BOX...?"

 

Much paint on the anvil base and vise.

 

Thank you to everyone here for their dumping of knowledge and photographs.

 

~g