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I really enjoyed watching that. Glad it worked out. 

Good show. Thanks for posting. 

Thanks for posting. It's neat to see what materials others re-purpose as anvils. 

Since its election day, my vote is for bridge anvil. I did an image search for mooring bollard and bridge anvil. Mooring bollard came up with nothing that looked like this, but there were many that came up under bridge anvil that looked just like it. But what do I know? Before this site I had never heard of either.

EDIT: No matter what it is I'm sure it hot metal can be pounded on it.

That's about what I figured. Thanks for the input. 

I saw that an upcoming auction would have a 170# Hay Budden in the lineup, They have a picture, but I was wondering what the discoloration is on the horn and body might be. I suspect paint, but I have also seen bad welds look similar on an anvil face. I'm sure with the current anvil shortage every aspiring blacksmith in east Texas will be there bidding on it, but before I possible drive 200 miles to bid I wanted to see what other might think of this.

NICE! Is that the Hofi Rock?

I have seen something very similar to those stainless blocks at my scrapyard. I did a bearing test on it and I would say it was around 60-70%. The question is how good of an anvil will stainless be? How well do your round ones hold up? The block at my yard is probably between 200-300# so I didn't ask about it because it seemed it would be too much of a pain to move it around, but I have wondered about it from the moment I saw it. 

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying don't buy it. I said "some will say its bottom on the bottom level". Not me as I love my Vulcan. It's such a step up from the RR track I was pounding on before that. Go get your Vulcan and enjoy it. 

I believe the asking price was $350. It was in nice shape, but some will say Vulcans are on the bottom level of anvils. I have a 150 pound Vulcan and it has done me right, but I don't treat it wrong. They have really thin faces so keep that in mind. It has been said to only hit hot metal on it. Somewhere I have a thread that shows the thin Vulcan face. 

It may be on the vise somewhere. Both of mine are unknown, but both have dates stamped on it. One has the date under the mounting plate and the other is stamped on the jaw. 

That ad had an update that said something along the lines of "please no more offers, I went with the first guy. If he doesn't buy it I will call the next one on the list". I saw the ad 7 hours after it was posted and figured it was already gone. 

"10" is 100 pounds for Vulcan. 

Edit: I think 13 is the last 2 of the year of manufacture so 1913. Someone please confirm this. 

Good to hear. Thanks Neil!

I found this at the scrapyard and was wondering what it is made out of and will the shaft be good hammer material. The round shaft is about 1.5" diameter. 

Does your anvil height need to be adjusted to use this type of hammer?

If this site has taught me anything, it's that an anvil doesn't have to look pristine to work. Sway back, chipped edges, broken heel or horn, pitted, they can all be used in some way. Using that for texturing is a great idea. 

Great job LBS! 

MB is just about like every other reality show out there. End of the wire time lines and fabricated conflicts. I don't see this one lasting very long. I enjoy watching around the bs, but I can't imagine this captivates many outside of the blacksmith world. 

On September 6, 2016 at 11:06 AM, muddawgchuck said:

See you are in Houston, another good spot for finding blacksmithing tools is the Winnie trade days.  Cast Iron Cowboy place in the back usually has plenty of overpriced tools but they like to bargain and haggle.

I have been to the trade days in Winnie a few times. I have never seen anything spectacular. I will probably head back very soon as I just like flew markets and you really never know what will show up. The best part of Winnie trade days is eating at Al-T's when we are done.

I saw the ad for that one and it's pretty cool looking. If I had $2200 just laying around I would pick this up just because it was cool. If I had the same money ready for that one anvil purchase I would prob do like matto and buy new. 

3 hours ago, Foundryman said:

That's a beauty, what do they want for it?

Would you believe they were asking $175?

So I saw this anvil on Craigslist and thought I would share. You can really see the thin steel face on this thing. Description lists it as 100+ pounds. 

BAD@SS!

Something close to original would be very cool, but I don't really see that happening without finding another vise. Making one was my first instinct then I saw some posts about using  thrust washers as throw out bearings. We do have some specialty fastener places around and I was on one of their websites looking around. I'm sure I can find something to make it work. Whatever I find will be much better that what the previous owner did without one which is letting the screw bevel create a bevel on the screw hole of the movable jaw.