winterbear

oops 1500 miles each way and I am still thinking how can I come up with $400 + gas $ wonder what you could get it shipped for?
Chris

Not close to boise it is 6+hrs away, but the add is down so I won't be tempted!, the red anvil does look nice she has dropped the price $75 since she started listing it but still too high for me .
Chris

Was sold at 11:30 when I called on it should have called first thing this morning. Dang work getting in the way of my blacksmithing/tool aqusitions Hope somebody on here got it.

Chris +

Nice looking $50 anvil on CL (Spokane):

http://spokane.craigslist.org/tls/1813606353.html

Well everyone else seems to be posting their hawks so here is mine forged thursday night finished and handled tonight. 7" blade - spike, 12.5 top of head to end of curly hickory handle, kinda small . I bought a box of hammers at a recent auction for 10 bucks with the intent of trying some spike hawks this was my first try let me know what ya think. Oh and the handle was a tear dropped hawk handle that was way warped that I knew I could do something with eventually. the knife is a small patch knife made from a piece of file and a whitetail deer anler sanded smooth
chris

very interesting Mark, I bet you are right it looks like they were dealers for alot of equiptment. Really just curiosity now as I am going to USE the heck out of it no matter what
Chris

so after using the wire cup on the 3 layers of paint (orange, grey then topped with blue) the missing first letter turns out to be H, so the name reads HAYSLER WARRENTED, and the weight stamps look more like I 2 2 than 1 2 2 it is definately a symetrical stamp rather than a true #1. and the serial # is on the right when viwed from the horn. The metal finish seems rough around the name stamp almost like a course filed finish, definately finished that way then had the name stamped in.
Chris

mark thanks for looking it up. I'll see if anything is more legible after I clean it up a bit more.
Chris

Well, I couldn't find any makers or customers with 'AYSLER' in the name in Anvils in America. If it is an Arm and Hammer, it was made in 1913-1914 range.

So CL want adds do pay off. A guy responded to my add wanting blacksmithing items and we made a deal last night.
Great face and ring, only a couple small weld spots and some small chips along the edges. Oval indent on the bottom(is this usaully trenton?) Name is missing the first couple charachters but reads AYSLER and under that WARRENTED then 1 2 2 wich seems wrong I will weight it again. and on the right toe looking down the horn it has 19385. Any ideas on the maker and age? I am very excited to use this and get that mass under my forging. Chris

Frosty not sure if shipping would kill the deal but there is one on the WA state surplus auction in seattle area for cheap and they will ship. http://www.publicsurplus.com/sms/all,wa/auction/view?auc=438397
chris

A circle shear!? Holy Smoley I'd LOVE to have a circle shear, hand crank or not. I got LOTS of experience cranking Dad's circle shears till he motorized them then it was easier but slower.

Have you checked this site? http://allmetalshaping.com/showthread.php?p=13836&posted=1#post13836

They have a metal spinning section and got me talking about old times in Father's shop.

Frosty the Lucky.

very nice! what did you finish the handle with and are you worried about the leather spacers shrinking?
Chris

wow that came out awesome, I vow to make the next one found in a eastern washingtom field mine!! since I live in the middle of a eastern wa field well I am still looking anyway.
chris

Thomas so you are saying a earlier PW could have a thicker heel and not such a elongated shape maybe more along the lines of a moushole in general? I know I am oversimplifying this and hope I am not totally off base with my styling interpertations. I have looked into finding that book but havn't had any luck yet, I know it would be interesting and invaluable for discussions like this.
I do want to thank everyone on this board I find these discussions and the information I glean from them to be great.

Chris

Wrought anvils on a whole tended to get more elongated as the 19th century wore on, best examples of how far they got were things like Trenton and A&H; but english anvils did change some over time as well.

Anvils in America is probably the best source on how anvil evolved. I do know that my most recent PW (1885-1910) looks quite a bit different from my first PW that was of earlier vintage.

Thomas no I wouldn't say I have seen alot of peter wrights at all, and was not aware of style change. I was under the impression they were pretty consistant in the major details like the flat topped feet ect. That and the shap of the heel are the only things that suggested to my limited exposure that it may not be PW. I have researched on here , ebay other smithing sites ect about anvils over the last few years. What were some of the style changes?
Chris

Oh and the feet/corners look to have a pretty good raius to them
Chris

thanks so far guys , this is the only pic I have so far hopefully I will hear back today when I can see it so I'll check for markings ect then I think the tops of the feet come to a peak but not quite sure from this pic , and the area under the heel just doesn't look like PW to me.
Chris

so not bad looking from the one pic I have now, but I have not seen it in person. Plus it might be just down the road from me which is rare so far finding stuff local. I would like some help and guesses to it's ID before I go look. supposed to be 100# plus? and around $2 per pound starting price. trenton maybe?, does not look like my dads PW and looks like too much mass under the heel for a HB?
Chris

OK so that title seems odd so let me give a bit of background on my knife making/assembling. I assembled my first knife when I was 12 or 13, patch knife to use with a muzzleloading gun wich we were just getting involved with. Since then I have assembled maybe 100-150 knives to sell trade or give away. I have done a few pieces stock removal but didn't have the proper equiptment/time or money for proper heat treating so they are so so. So the following knife is the culmination of all of my recent experimentation, I think this is the third try with out cracking during hardening/tempering. Truck coil spring blade 9.5 inches or so some coal some propane forging, maple burl handle with poured pewter bolster.
Chris

great looking knife and sheath, I really lik ethe sheath what finish did you use on both ?
Chris

Just recieved my brent Bailey hammer I won off of his website a couple weeks ago, and I have to say it is the nicest dressed hammer I have seen in my limited experiance. I have only got a few hours in using it but I love it if I would have known the differance before I would have spent the $ on a decent hammer long ago, or done alot more serios work on my flea market hammers
Chris

here is a example of the break test Jake was reffering to

Hi and welcome, location really seems to be the determining factor on price for these . So where are ya at?
Chris

Look I found pictures Chris

I have some wrought bolts available as well, I think they are 5/8th and 2 lengths 11" or 22". Came out of a lumber mill in north Idaho.
Chris

Jees it all looks great I love seeing what has been saved like these things. Larry did you get the 50# LG from my "backyard"
Chris

great little hawk! can you tell us how you did this one? ie. slitted and drifted or wrapped ect ect
Chris