akraven

Thank you both for the extra info. I appreciate the knowledge base here. I will carefully try to clean what is there and move forward.

Another question if I may. Would it be possible to weld that tip back on and have it hold ?

ThomasPowers you might have called it. I found this picture set http://imgur.com/a/YFRb9 that looks very similar to mine even the way the number is below the horn.

I have been mucking around metal working for for a long time but not specifically blacksmithing. I am in Alaska US and rarely see an anvil for sale and they are astronomical in price. So I found this one at a garage sale. The horn had been broke,poorly repaired and brook again. The only mark is the number 12 on the base. Top has a fairly decent rebound with a ball bearing but I doubt it is top quality. A file will not just skate over the top but it is a very shallow bite. I am guessing 70-80 lbs. Thank you for any ideas any body can offer.!!!! PS I have done a lot of reading on anvil repair/preheating/welding etc but never saw anything like the horn break trying to be repaired. Anybody got any thoughts on that?