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10 hours ago, arkie said:

That "cleaned up right nice"...ready for the Saturday night dance!

haha yup

9 hours ago, Anachronist58 said:

Did you apply something to prevent further rusting? Looks great!

just some WD40 will do a boiled linseed oil soon

9 hours ago, SReynolds said:

What with the stamping over/under the  common TRENTON? I have never seen that.

Did you wire wheel it first?

A friend has one that is heavy on rust and deep pitting. Poor old thing. He would like to clean it up. So how many gallons  of vinegar to cover a 155 pound Trenton............? 

it says

''solid wrot''

 ''Trenton''

    ''USA''

     ''87''

go to walmart and buy 3-4 gallons of vinegar and a big rubber tote put the anvil in there add the vinegar then water till you cover the anvil.

let sit 24 hrs take a wire wheel to it, then wash it with baking soda to kill the vinegar so it dose not keep eating it.

good luck.

take some pic's before and after

2 hours ago, SReynolds said:

This is gonna receive a new wooden block and properly mounted. Then oiled. I ain't touching her. Maybe hold my coffee cup. It's a show piece and don't "need" another anvil, but I'm thankful that somebody thought enough of me to care for a historical artifact. It's in good hands/safe hands. I hope to use the hardie cutter time to time and as a conversation piece. 

I have a chain fall to lift her from the rotten stump and place atop a fresh lumber mill find.

man i love that stump looks like it belongs to that anvil, with the square bolts and everything

before and after

vinegar bath and a wire wheel / brush, no sandpaper or grinders used.

it's a 1898 87# us made full forged base steel plate.

did a 1 1/2'' BB test looks to be about 90 - 95% rebound same as the 200# HB under it.

8 hours ago, njanvilman said:

The weight on the HB was stamped on the side under the name.  The serial # should be on the front base, left side, under the horn.

cool ill look there when i get home.

1 hour ago, C-1ToolSteel said:

Yeah, I have typeO blood...

the entire anvil looks to be all black all most like it is painted but dose not look like paint.

kinda looks like a plastic dip but i dont think it is, iv seen a alot of pic's of HB they look the same.

is it a factory coating or something?

its even on the face.

16 minutes ago, C-1ToolSteel said:

Congrats! Can't be a Hay Budden! The serial # should be on the front foot like the Trenton. What's the story? Did you find both anvils at the same place?

you said ''cant be a Hay Budden'' did you mean ''cant beat'' lol

nope not the same guy but both off Craigslist

the trenton was $250 this one was $450 <---- crazy good deal for so cali or anywhere for that matter lol the one on e@ay still has 3 days left and is @ 810$

so i woke up today with zero anvil's and im going to bed the proud owner of 2 anvil's

my best guess it that it is 260# as i saw one on ''e@ay'' that looked about the same size.

EDIT well i put it a crappy bathroom scale it read 193.6 LB and after looking all over i found a ''95'' on the foot, so this may be a 195Lb.

it's super nice no sway the face  is super flat.

a few small chips on the side's of the face but over all it's like new.

here are some pic's

not sure where to find all the stamps.

my trenton has then on the foot, where are they on this hay budden?

it's 29 3/4 long

4 1/2 with of the face

1 1/8 HH

3/4 p hole

12 tall

hope that help's

oh just saw your request for a pic of the underside of the base so here it is.

it has a hole in it that is about 3/4'' by 1 1/2 deep.

3 minutes ago, Black Frog said:

That is an early U.S.-made Trenton with a forged base.  One of the latest serial numbers I've recorded before they fully switched over to the first style of cast base.  87 is  the weight stamp.

The lettering you see above the logo is the German spelling of "SOLID WROT".

According to AIA, your anvil dates to 1898.

wow cool

thanks for your fast reply.

i was hoping you saw my post, anytime i look up a anvil on google the 1st post in there is this site and you posting in it lol.

so from what iv read forged base is a good thing.

and wow how cool it is to own something from 1898

i picked it up on my way to work so when i get home ill give her some love, just some wd40 and wire brush the face.

i dont have the hart to take off all that lovely patina ''rust''   she spent so mush time working on.

i read to give her a hot  linseed oil bath.

but what about if i seed it like you do to a cast iron pan, olive oil and bake it on with a weed burner?

taking care not to get the anvil to hot as to lose the temper ect, just to where the oil burns in.

has anyone done this?

this is what i did to my home made forge it came out sweet looking.

im new here so ill start with hi my name is jason.

i live in so  cal

im just starting to get in to forging.

just got my 1st anvil  its a trenton.

was sold to me as a ''75#"

paid 250$ going from what i can see here in socal this was a good to fair price.

ill post pic's

but ill list what # i can read as well

on the foot there is a ''T  A3179''

on the side ''solid wrought'' <--- I THINK HARD TO SEE

                     ''TRENTON''

                       '' USA''

                         ''87''

i was guessing the ''87'' on the side maybe the weight or the ''79'' at the foot.

thx for any and all help.