Okay , so im a year late on the reply but theres not a whole lot of Isaac Hill anvil banter on the internet. Yes im excited about getting involved the forging arts and have had this anvil for years in the back of my shop. Never paid it much attention till recently . I run the transfer station in my small town up here in cow hampshire and have allways had a love for old tools and machinery and the skill and strength and sense to do the tasks of a goneby era. Anyway if I keep this up i'll be a thousand words into this and forget my point. So I brushed off the anvil and gave her a light oil wipe and low and behold an inscription caught my eye , I HILL BIRMINGHAM , on the back the numbers 2 0 16 . So off to google I went and to be honest havent found anything definitive on this man Isaac Hill from Birmingham circa early 1800's to maybe 1870's. I've read he was employed at a facility for the mentally deprived , also that he was yes an anvilmaker and that also at an early age sailed to New Zealand , the town of Nelson as a carpenter , worked many industries and was last listed as an Ironmonger ? Will the real Isaac Hill please stand up ! Any information would be awesome , and Thanks , hope to be back soon !
