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that anvil (and anvils in general) is gratis - you buy it now, use it whole of your life, then you can still sell it at the same price :) even if you don't sell it, it's a good investment, by far cheaper than bread or toilet paper. just divide it's price to the number of days that it could "live", which could be several hundreds of years, and compare to the price daily spent on bread, toilet paper, etc. :) and an anvil could produce money in short time, almost instantly. if you only charge 100$ a knife, you can very soon reach the price of the anvil. and speaking of space - I was working on 2 anvils in a 12m2 that my workshop had at that time

that seems an Italian pattern anvil. just search "incudine", the Italian word for anvil, on google, and see more of them. I can't say how much I envy you...

there's another option - the seat: https://www.google.ro/search?q=power+hammer+seat&client=ubuntu&hs=aU9&channel=fs&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=c4NjUp65GMOg0QWCp4C4CQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1301&bih=678&dpr=1#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=3cEFsnQQZFDJMM%3A%3BTMwR98Tpvq4mfM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.hallowellco.com%252FMLH-using-Funk-powerhammer-.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.hallowellco.com%252Fnrba_conference%252520spring_2006.htm%3B631%3B420

the rust on the surface may distort the results. clean the face (flap disc?) and test again. on the other hand, I don't think it's a "bad" rebound, just BOLT the thing down and work on it. about bolting - I can put on or remove the anvil from the stump by unbolting in less than 5 minutes. and it's bolted without thinking of fast install/removal. you can use two pieces of solid flat steel or angle iron like in this pic: https://www.google.ro/search?q=bolt+down+anvil&client=ubuntu&hs=L8a&channel=fs&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=qTlaUuffCOqw0QXYhYDACA&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1301&bih=678&dpr=1#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=iozcPfVlY-HBNM%3A%3BJ4Ahc4iW1nZZEM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fi730.photobucket.com%252Falbums%252Fww306%252FXTJohn%252Fanvil-1web.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fprimalfires.yuku.com%252Ftopic%252F4423%252FTFS-anvils%3B1024%3B805 there you can cut one of the holes in the steel straps so you'll be able to rotate open one of them (to be able to remove the anvil) when un-tighten the bolts. this you can do it in no time, maybe a minute or two... you'll REALLY feel the difference between unbolted to bolted

I have a ~70# anvil and I have worked quiet a bit on it. the secret is to bolt it down to make a single body with the stump, so there won't be any moving around anymore and you will not loose so much energy in moving your anvil. I mean bolting, not some big nails folded over to restrict the move. a side effect to this is you quiet it down . my 100# Fisher don't ring either, when unbolted it sounds just like the others anvils with the ring cut by bolting. that's what are the Fishers known for. better make the bearing ball test (maybe the hammer wasn't good), it would be a pity to miss a good anvil...

hey, Black Frog, have you replaced "our daily bread" by "my daily gorgeous anvil" in "Our Father" prayer?

the advantage of a double horn anvil is that you have some kind of variable face width because of the pyramidal horn, so a large face it's not such a problem like on the London pattern. ok, it's always good to have complementary anvils, as features and sizes... that Nimba anvils are very similar to Italian pattern anvils: https://www.google.ro/search?q=incudine&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=TDkHUq_hAu7c4QSpl4HYDA&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1920&bih=955

if you can find ESAB products in Australia (http://www.esabasia.com/), there's a handbook here which I think it could be useful: www.esab.co.kr/Web-App/Upload/2012/03/28/Repair%20and%20Maintenance%20Welding%20Handbook.pdf

forget about the chain. I don't know about the silicone stuff, haven't tried yet, but bolting the anvil tightly to the stump (not just that big nails bended over the feet which just prevent the anvil from moving/falling) will do wonders to cut the ring and stabilize the anvil. this also maximize the anvil efficiency. then add a magnet under the horn and another under the heel. the advantage over the silicone stuff is that you can remove the anvil when you want.

a 100lb Fisher made in 1976 which traveled from US to Europe, Hungary, then Romania, so that's a "travel anvil" :)

there it is

this anvil/picture was already on iforgeiron, can't remember the conversation, something more than one year ago. can't remember if it was bought by a member

I have three of them, one (my first anvil, maybe around 100 years old) has 32 kg and if I drop an 1inch bearing ball on the face, I catch it back in the hand without moving, something like a 95% rebound. another is a ~'70 era copy (around 120kg), no brand, but not an ASO and not as hard as the little one. the third is 85kg with some swayback, but still with a hard face, local brand, maybe 80-100 years old. if it's an original one, not the recent czech or other ones, of which I don'nt know the quality, it might be a very good anvil and quiet rare in America (if you are located there). here that pattern IS "the anvil", as in the US "the anvil" is the "London Pattern" which is VERY rare here. so, jump on it - good anvils and good pattern.

that's a German Peddinghaus, very nice anvil!

and that's enough? :) :) :)

check this out :) http://fr.kapaza.be/brabant-flamand/enclume-73200272.htm

on "leboncoin.fr" (France) I saw several great anvils in that price range, I even saw 2 anvils at around 150kg in very good condition sold for 25 euros (they were gone in hours). unfortunately France is not too close to me, and maybe further to you. so, that's not impossible. If you're lucky, you can get one for free (as I already got one), and, if very lucky, you can find someone to pay you to get rid of his anvil :)

no one touches my anvils, and if I let someone to work on one, I give him a soft hammer and a less sensible anvil. I keep the Fisher for light and detail work, as I have other anvils for heavy use.

I was thinking that the softening (tempering?) of that 1/3 part of the face was made on purpose to prevent the breakage of the heel - full hard steel plate+cast iron+hardy hole is maybe more fragile than full hard steel plate+wrought iron body combination on other anvils. the hardness is enough to mark a medium hard hammer face when I hit the anvil's edge and it's clearly harder than the unhardened horn.

that's old, for sure.

I've just made myself an early Christmas present, by the help of a friend, a "new" american anvil! the mystery of the anvil posted earlier before (can't copy-paste the link to the previous thread..., don't know how) solved by itself at the arrival of the anvil - there is a remnant of an eagle which could be "clearly" seen on the side. there's a "Y 76" mark and a "100" mark. it's almost identical to other 2-3 ones I found on the net. so that confirmed what I was told by NJanvilman. the condition is almost perfect (as it was worked on it once), the price was ~160$, ~200 shipped to my door. the interesting think is that the face doesn't seem to have an uniform hardness, the first third of the face, from the heel just past the hardy hole is softer than the rest 2/3, which is very hard. also the horn seems unhardened (or tempered soft). is that normal?

I can only guess based upon other similar anvils I've seen sold and said to be made in the 50's. it's clear (?) that they are among the most recent (but not the ones made in our days) of the French anvils. the most anvil rich region of France seems to be exactly around the Belgian border. for prices between 80-150 euros I've seen MANY great anvils, regretting i live ~2000km away. just check leboncoin.fr everyday.

a nice French anvil... are you from France?

I stumbled upon this " welding handbook", maybe will be useful for someone here http://www.esab.co.kr/Web-App/Upload/2012/03/28/Repair%20and%20Maintenance%20Welding%20Handbook.pdf

how is the quality of those last anvils, made in the 70's? apparently, mine is made in 1976, there's a "Y 76" mark on it and "100", that's all. the anvil seems identical to the 100# one of the user Cretedog posted in "Fisher Anvil Survey" thread http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/32330-fisher-anvil-survey/page-2