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Thomas Powers, The induvidual pieces are not glued together, but interlinked with eachother in a way that keeps them all together, but if i hammer hard on one piece it will slide out a bit. It has a plack on the side with the name "Meesenburg" which is an old German company, but i have no idea how old it is. I've always thought it was an old butchers block. I wonder what wood its made of, because itsreally really heavy! Much heavier than the anvil! And, also, message recieved, I will not mill the surface! haha

Thomas Powers, thank you for answering! Do you have any idea why its "leaning"? The back is quite a bit lower than the tip of the horn. Most anvils I have seen is totalt parallel to the ground..

Hello. I recently started blacksmithing and got this old anvil from my dad. He has no idea where its from or how old it is. As far as I can see there are no markings on it other than the anchor stamping on the front foot. It weighs about 50 kgs. Does anyone have any idea of its origin and age? I have searched the forum but cannot find any similar ones, but I have seen some english ones from the 1800s that resembles it a little.