blokman

A few of you guys will have seen my big Joshua Wilkinson Junior anvil

Weighs in at 1365lbs, made in Dudley in the UK in the 1890s and spent it's life in a shipyard in Northern Brazil

Now back home..

Prototype for an iron boat!!!

I'll get some better photos over the next couple of days, I'm keeping the " pig shaped" block and it looks like the other will be heading stateside in the next few weeks

I've just purchased this interesting block, obviously it's some kind of swage block but has a anvil look about it also
Any ideas of its use?
It came from the far north of Scotland

It came with this other block, again an interesting block, both weigh around 90kg each

Cheers Frosty, good to be on board!
I'm in the UK, will sort my header out now

Some of you guys will have seen my big Soderfors on Facebook but here is a photo of the 605 lb beast
Dated 1922, made for the Midland Railway Companies Derby Works