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Thanks JHCC, I got lucky and found a catalog with this swage in it. https://www.swageblocks.com/swage_block_gallery_d18.htm It was selling for $11.50 in 1929 and looks to be a Green River block possibly made by Wiley & Russell or the Noyes Foundry Company. I have heard these catalog pictures can be copied or wrong, but still close enough to get the general info on this swage. Really cool, I am glad I was able to rescue it and will be putting it back to work!

I just picked up this swage and was wondering if anyone knows the general age, maker, or metal type. I have been looking for one for a long time and payed $650 for this one. It came out of an old barn in Montana. It is 18"x 13" x 4.25" and weighs around 145-150.

Thanks Daswulf and Irondragon! Rebound is between 70-90% depending on where I bounce the bearing, and the ring is good. I was really excited to find this one, as I had family working in Butte in the early 1900's. Almost broke my back unloading this today when the boards slipped out from under me. Thankfully I am just a little sore. I searched through all the Trenton posts and couldn't find any similar looking one's to compare age. Does anyone have any ideas on age, metal used, or manufacturing facility on this one? I am ordering Anvils in America tonight but I thought there might be someone who has an eye for different types of Trenton's.

Hi everyone, New to the forum and could use some help identifying a large anvil I just purchased. It originally came from Butte Montana when it was rescued from a scrap pile years back when the Anaconda Copper Company shut down. It weighs 346 pounds according to my old doctors scale. The only markings I could find are on the front of the base. I’m pretty sure the left side says 350. The right side is hard to make out but it looks like it starts with the letter A and then has numbers after it. Possibly A155 then unreadable, or A73 then unreadable, hard to say. Any help would be much appreciated!