Sébastien Marchand

Intéressant! Je l'ai acheté au marché aux puces de St Eustache!

Thanks for the comment everyone :), I'll do a rebound test as soon as I can get a bearing ball (thanks for the tips @BIGGUNDOCTOR !) and I'll post the results here. If I understand correctly it's fine to use a wirebrush to clean the top of the anvil and I can also grind down the parting line? I won't do any aggressive grinding until the anvil is ready to be used (I need to make a forge first! And I'm planning to make a belt grinder at some point, I might do this before the forge (I'll use Jeremy Schmidt's plans for this grinder).

Thanks Thomas! Yep, I'm in Montreal, QC, Canada. I'll update my profile right now, thanks for reminding me (I just realized that as I logged in via Facebook it has used my profile picture, which is me blacksmithing for the first time ). I'll wire brush the face tomorrow (I guess that I'll probably have to use the angle grinder to remove the parting line at some point...), then I'll see if I can find some good ball bearings nearby... Not sure about the pritchel, as recommended in the forum's beginner post I'll wait to have used my anvil for 2000h before doing any irreversible modification to it :). I love the Yoda Works name and the idea of putting this wild name on it

Thanks for the reply. It does ring when struck! Here's a video (with sound) : https://photos.app.goo.gl/Lgnidvc9FMNjfUEu6 (if it doesn't work as an anvil then it looks like I'll be able to use it as a music instrument ). I haven't done the rebound test yet, I need to go to the hardware store to get a bearing ball first, I'll try to do this tomorrow evening.

Hi everyone! I just acquired my first anvil! This was a super exciting day, I've done some blacksmithing before at Les Forges de Montréal and I loved it! Having a blacksmithing area in my shop was a dream and I have no choice but to build a forge now that I have an anvil! I don't have much information about my anvil, it's a 110lbs anvil with no pritchel hole, a big parting line on the middle and no branding, there's some pictures here: https://imgur.com/a/SM4Emon Any idea on what type of anvil it might be? I don't care so much if it's not a high quality one, it's my first anvil and I'm sure that I'll learn a ton on it! Also, should I do any preparation on it before using it? Like removing the paint on the horn and on the main plate? Thanks!