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Great job on that hammer!

Great to have you back, Thomas.

Never sat on a horse? I think you are thinking of cowboys. A farrier is where the horse sits on YOU. 

Nice.

Very, very nice. A sweet anvil deserves a sweet stand! 

Looks great!

19 hours ago, NoName said:

   Looks like 70#s of 100% ASO. Vulcans have a thin face plate, not that big bogus cast top. Expensive and ugly door stop. It would make a better anchor, you wouldn't have to look at it when it was water. 

   Sorry if that is harsh. Heck I'm ugly, and my wife still loves me. 

     N.N.F.                       Beautiful,  Manchester,  Michigan. USA 

Actually lots of Vulcans and Fishers have the bogus casting line. Not saying it couldn't be an ASO. I've seen a Vulcan shaped anvil with no logo that did have a thin faceplate.

I have seen some of those that look like a Vulcan, but have no trademark. My best guess is a different brand, but made essentially the same way. I would never spend that much on a cheap 70 pounder, but I also wouldn't consider that price outrageous considering the going rate these days.

I'll just add a my $0.02. Don't do the water then oil thing. Also, normalizing doesn't fix all of your mistakes. Overheating can still ruin a blade even with normalizing. You are on the right track, though. Show us pictures when they are finished!

Yes, their advertising was a little funny. They are good anvils, though. Note that many wrought anvils were, in fact, made from garbage. (Excluding the face plate) Interesting that the "garbage" anvils tended to out perform the solid wrought ones. The harder pieces that would get mixed in would keep them from getting as much sway. Lots of interesting ways to twist the truth...

Interesting. I can't see the video with this devise, but I will check it out when I get a chance.

I'll let the refined among us, handle the grammar.

If there are only two, then they are BOTH different from each other.

28 minutes ago, littleblacksmith said:

 which one were you thinking was different? 

                                                                                                             

What kind of question is that?!! 

Very nice. Keep up the good work.

Well, as far as additional info, you might find this interesting.

 There has been a lot of superstition about anvils and blacksmiths in the past. Much of this, I'm sure, is because anyone who could beat hot steel surely had some kind of extra power. The church window stile anvil, before they were cast, actually had the window part forged on separately, in most cases, then forge welded to the body. Why would somebody go to that much trouble just for something decorative? You guessed it. Pure superstition. Richard Postman's theory about the 5th foot is that it was a MUCH easier way to get sorta the same look. I would imaging that forge welding church windows to every anvil you make would get old after a while. This sounds like a pretty good guess, to me, because I can't think of anything they could be used for, and you never see any wear there. Anyway, just thought that might be interesting.

Beautiful anvil, by the way.

Actually, Indian Cheif was made by Columbus Forge and Iron Co. (The brand that made Trenton anvils.) Columbian is a completely different company.

Love the hammer, JHCC. Y'all did a great job.

Nice work!

Craigslist is a good way to go.

You're right. 1928.

Bobasaurus, I love all your work. Beautiful.

I'm swept away in awe....

Hay Budden with face plate to Trenton with face plate is apples to apples. Hay Budden with solid tool steel top to Trenton with solid tool steel top is apples to apples. #1 Hay Budden to #2 Trenton (and the other way around) is a substantial difference.

Very nice! Looks like it is in fantastic condition. That's a big one!