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  1. I know a man who has an anvil I'm not familiar with. 

    It is a farriers anvil with a swelled horn that is up swept .

    I am not finding any information on this brand is anyone familiar with an anvil marked JK?

    It appears to be cast and the logo is positive

  2. I have been seriously considering a Chile Habanero forge.  Reading on several forums, I ran across a knife maker's forum where one poster said they were too hot for knife making because the 1900 F could change and/or distort properties of 1075, 5160 etc. He also said he couldn't choke down it for cooler operation

    Anyone else ever heard of this?

    I am primarily use those steel in my shop

  3. I acquired a 350 lb anvil that fits the description of early Hay Buddens in A.I.A.  I can find no definitive markings but all the dimensions and handling hole location match Postman's descriptions. 

    It came on a cast base that it fits perfectly.  Did Hay Budden ever make a cast base?  Some say no, but I'm not sure.

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    Notice the small 3rd handling hole under the heal, very indicative of a large Hay Budden355-6.thumb.jpg.eee0edaf95bbee946dde2f23df23676e.jpg948679146_3557.thumb.jpg.a745594e6ad0bd2f7e46bf1ae8cc6410.jpg1157308790_3552.thumb.jpg.faac99a0ea88f2856f1738d03a734762.jpg1902187351_3551.thumb.jpg.ccd68596f62c9cc275d67e404f6ada9d.jpg

  4. It weights right 105 lbs.  It doesn't look like the face was milled or ground off.

     

    I'll get some better pics.  The horn underneath looks very crudely forge welded on. 

     

    A man whom I respect for his knowledge  of colonial and older anvils suspects it was either an early American anvil made in Boston in the early 1700's or even older and used by the French near Detroit.

  5. AIA Lists Black Jack Keen Cutter as made by H-B for Simmons Hdw. in St. Louis in 1913-14.  There is a picture in AIA p, 291 where the Stamp is " Keen Cutter" with a "C" .

    I saw an old Keen Cutter ad from Simmons  that listed a blacksmith starter kit that included a 125lb anvil as well as other anvils.

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  6. Found a 100 # Colombian on an online auction for $268.00 It looks like it has never been struck.  It cleaned up beautifully and rings like a church bell on Easter!

     

    What a nice anvil to have  for my 2nd one.columbian 105.jpg 

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