Shmygelbryl

This is the other side of the anvil, personally I can’t se anything coherent , but you might know what to look for

Yeah , that anvil sure has seen some use and abuse trough many years. I will be careful and not hammer to hard on the horns. Out of curiosity , what are anvils like this worth ? These are the only two I have found in my area, the fella wanted 280$ if I took both , so that’s what I gave him . Is this to much or about right ?

Thank you for the help, I was real puzzled with what the markings would be. It seems clearer in the photos , in daylight all the marks from smiths testing tools on it threw me off. I also put it on a scale,the seller was a bit off on the weight, since it is almost 59kg , so I would assume it was around 60kg new.

Thank you. With that setup I did not intend for it to last long, I just wanted to start, se how it was and then take it from there. The Aluminum pipe did indeed melt and it got shorter and shorter I’ve abondoned this setup now and I am using a portable forge I made. Still using that hairdryer ,but with vent holes and more controlled flow of air. I am using ppe , safety glasses and welders gloves when it gets a bit hot. It is winter now , so I am using wool clothing, wich is naturally fireresistent . I will probably get an apron sooner or later , but at the moment it is not needed.

Yeah , with charcoal it got to hot and the metal burned, but with firewood it was great

Hello all I got a hold of two anvils , but I am unable to identifying them. The larger I was told is 65kg the smaller is 45kg. I have looked all over both, wire brushed and used chalk. I even tried useing paper and pencil to try get some imprint but found nothing but some numbers. The numbers is at the bottom of the larger one , but it made me no wiser. It seems to be stamped upside down with 8 30 8 or 80 3 8 read right side up ... but it just confused me I will add a few photo of both with measuring band in hope that someone can help me here .

Hello ! New member from Norway here. Blacksmithing has been intriguing and I’ve always been fascinated by it, but for some reason I never felt I had enough equipment for it, so it always where put on hold. That changed a couple months ago! I was about to go catatonic from boredom as I was switching from channel to channel On the tv. Suddenly I found myself watching forged in fire . After binge watching this for a few days I told myself “f**k it, I’ll go forge stuff with or without any anvil and proper forge!” I got myself a piece of old railroad track,put it on an old log,grabbed my wife’s hairdryer, taped it to a couple Aluminum pipes, lit up some firewood in an old bbq grill I turned into a monstrosity, stuck the pipe in the fire and turned on the hairdryer ! It all turned into a glorious blaze of smoke, fire and sparks! I then grabbed some rebar , jammed it into the fire and forged it into random hooks, a toilet paper roll holder and other random things. Now, a month after , this forging bug has really gotten a hold of me. I have welded together a coal forge , bought myself a couple anvils,forged all kinds of things and completed my first order. I have added a photo of the ugly but functional contraption I made, to inspire (or scare) anyone who think they need fancy stuff to start forging things. took me about 10 minutes and I was ready to heat some metal and bash it into shape. Thats my story so far and I am here to learn more and get better at blacksmithing.