Noah Thomas

So I actually spoke to GE forge directly. I was worried the anvil might be ductile iron because anvil brand has recently been using the GE pattern and casting them in CDI. The owner of GE said they haven't made the anvil in a long time, but that in the 70's his job was to grind the horns after casting!! He said that it's 4130 CEO-moly!! So now I get to harden the thing!!

GE is cast steel, unless it's someone's fake cast version. The rebound isn't like I was hoping, but it's pretty good. It was found by my neighbors father in a field up in Temecula Ca, my guess is that it was an unfinished anvil that never had the pritchel bored.

Picked up this GE anvil from my neighbor. 125 lbs. nice ring, ball bearing test. The anvil was never fettled, but has seen some light use around the clip shelf and heel. I started to sand down the face so there's less for the Blanchard grinder when I take it in. Started with a 40 grit sanding disc, and then my huge porter cable best sander w 80 grit. Seems to be working!!

The seam is right down the entire length of the top, from heal to horn. The design of the anvil is still made today, just GE has JHM make it. The attached image is of a new one exactly like the one I'm looking into. It's cast steel

My neighbor has a GE 125 lb Farrier's anvil he uses for lawn ornament. I've talked to him about rescuing it for use, and he said I could have it for $250. I finally looked at it close up and it still has the casting seams and appears to be never used. He said his father found it buried in a field up in Temecula CA. I'm trying to figure out why it was never fettled and if it's worth $250, or if it's going to be too much of a headache. Would it have been hardened before being Blancharded? Or is hardening done after surfacing? Why would this unfinished anvil be randomly in a horse field??!! Any advice would be appreciated!!