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Personally i would buy another anvil. The money you would put into building a forge large enough to forge this anvil and the fuel combined you could purchase a descent anvil. Even if it was just an NC anvil. Cast iron cannot be forged. It is brittle at high temps and will crumble. As for forge welding on a plate to the top...cast iron is liquid at steels forge welding temps. When they made vulcan and fisher anvils the top was welded in the casting mold when the iron was poured. I would buy another anvil and use the cast iron ASO as a boat anchor or door stop.

I have figured out a very easy propane forge burner. I have a thread started over on the bladesmithsforum.com here is a link to it. https://www.bladesmithsforum.com/index.php?/topic/36681-very-simple-beginners-propane-forge/ Here is the most recent one i finished. I was going to do some extensive testing with it but i ended up selling it. But i will build another just because it works so well. this last picture is a bar 1/2 inch thick 1 1/2 inches wide.

Its got a xxxx of a ring to it.

This chrome plated socket he is using for his burner flare is another danger.

Are you the master fabricator of these burners? I only ask because i seen you just joined the forum after the builder of these burners was invited to IFI. another thing to throw out there to anyone doubting what everyone is saying. If its NOT rated for propane DO NOT use it for propane!!!

Nice. Cant wait to see the big boys. I figured i would ask because i seen your craigslist post and was curious about this one. I know the forum administrators would probably want permission to post a for sale but i figured it wouldnt hurt to ask.

Looking very nice. What is the price on this bad boy?

Kinda funny the pritchel is square and in line with the hardie.

You got your anyang from china direct or the US dealer in texas?

How is your hammer treating you?

Swedish anvils go from the face and narrows at the waist before it meets the feet when looking at it from the front.

What a great find. I wish i could find a beauty like that around here but old double horns are a hard find! Congrats! Cheers!!!

Sounds good. Im looking forward to it.

60 HRc converted to BHn is 653

The Shelby brown bear is only a 1/4 mile from me. I would really like to do that. I have a friend that really liked the looks of your anvil and we have talked about them a few times. He really wants a Michigan made. Maybe after we get back from my trip to new hampshire to get the anvil i just bought we could do that! As for getting the anvil in the 55-60 range would be a higher carbon content than .45% but then the larger the anvil the softer the face starts to become because of the fact that it is a huge heat sink and it is hard to fully quench an anvil of that size and then the fact there is so much heat it gets an auto temper from its own heat. And it only gets a surface hardness. The best way to get an anvil in the 60HRc range would be to make a high carbon and high alloy air hardening tool steel. In the long run would save on the heat treating because all it would need is a tempering cycle. Then all you do is choose your tempering temp to leave the steel in the 58-60 HRc range. I know that Rhino anvils are air hardening steel that is through hardened. I belive it is a steel used to line the walls of rock crushers. The metalergist for the foundry that makes rhino anvils is a regular member on https://www.bladesmithsforum.com/ his name is Jerrod Miller. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.incandescent-iron.com/rhan.html&ved=0ahUKEwjkrvq7mf_ZAhVp9YMKHeTEDDQQFggtMAE&usg=AOvVaw0Zq0I32AfjmIoe_7zFjeDL on there home page they talk about the alloy used.

Can anyone give me a region of manufacturing. I know an anvil of this age is hard to figure out what it is exactly. All im looking for is english, or south german or something.

I should have been more specific. It was the antiques i was referring to. This is the reason for more manufacturers making them now. There is a demand for them but the supply is lacking. At least here in the states. Im Not the biggest fan of new anvils. They are a little soft for my liking. Im looking for something in the 55-60 HRc range and as far as i know there isnt any new ones. If im wrong please correct me. This is why i asked foundryman if he could get them above 55HRc i know you risk edges chipping but if they are rounded slightly it wpuld help and also not trying to bend cold steel over the edge and not hittimg the edge with the hammer would also help. But i would rather have chipped edges than hammer marks in the face from the inevitable miss every once in a while.

The people that probably dont like it are most likely ferriers and they tend to like a thin heal. I cant wait to see the double horn. I know there is a lot of london pattern anvils in the world but it is getting hard to find double horns!

Hot iron and a hammer should clean it up nicely. Other than that i wouldnt do too much to it.

Its even sitting on the same chunk of steel.

I know about the cutlers anvil im interested about learning more. I have started a cutlers anvil thread on bladesmithsforum.com with a compilation of cutlers anvils i have found interesting. https://www.bladesmithsforum.com/index.php?/topic/36866-cutlers-anvil/

This is the same guy i bought my anvil from. One he!! Of a nice guy!

I have scoured the internet looking for something with some similarities and i have only found a couple and they only had minor things in common and none of them were close enough to say they were same make or even close to the same area of manufacturing. The ones you seen in Sheffield how similar were they? Was it just the dovetail they had in common or the whole body and horn? Its not a huge deal if i dont find anything in the same ballpark but it would be nice. Alan Longmire from bladesmithsforum.com says he knows of one very similar but is unable to get any pictures. The one he knows of has an octagon groove in it for making gun barrels. I still have to go and get it. Its about a thousand miles away but i think it is worth every penny i have into it so far not including the trip to get it. I paid $750 for it. Its 200lbs. Im going to get it the weekend of april 12th. When i get it home i will have a whole lot more pictures.

Even if you know of any pictures similar to this in anyones collections i would appreciate you sharing them.