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Thank you AnvilAntics, I haven't decided to take it or not.

Thank you Latticino! I know it's not light weight, someone said anvil is over 500 kg!

Last week I saw an add "Blacksmith tools for sale". According to the price man was asking I thought it's nothing special ... well it was! JEB anvil 132 kg, 9 different blacksmith tongs and a small swage block 12 x12 x 4 inches. Block is small and it is not in good shape but it's the first swage block for sale less than 1000 km from me I ever saw! This time it was really close to me, I couldn't resist and after a 40 km drive I took it home. I will reserve one afternoon to clean everything, including S&S anvil I promised to clean few month ago and will post new pictures! That's all folks :-)

Hi guys, I need advice and I believe I can have it here. I have opportunity to buy Alldays & Onions 2cwt power hammer. I know nothing about power hammers ... especially this manufacturer. It used to be in a railway workshop but last ten years it is not in use. It is in a backyard of one blacksmith workshop. It was left in working condition but who knows what has happened these years ... and, yes it's disassembled and it is not possible to see it working. I'd like to know what should I pay attention of? According to photos it is complete. I suppose 2cwt is power of hit, 2 x112 lbs ... I'd say it is a serious punch? I believe some of you guys know what is electric motor power, what is its weight and what is it worth? Thank you guys, I hope I am not asking too much :-)

Today I was lucky enough to catch one more JEB anvil. 132 kg/290 lbs! Very good shape, great rebound and million chisel marks. This time it was in my neighborhood and I did not have to drive thousand miles :-)

We will have to wait a few more days, I am about to finish planting season, after that I'll have more time for workshop :-) The hole on the bottom used to be square but being in concrete so, so long made that hole very strange shape, I'll make a photo of that.

I have one more photo.

Hello again, I've found some photos of A little unusual S&H anvils. These photos are not mine, I found them on an advertising site. I hope there will be problem to share them here! First one is a monster size 358 kg -790 lbs ... I do not know what to say just take a look at the first photo, compare anvil size and the man on the right! Second one is from the same source. Cant see weight mark but according to dimensions it is not light. Very uncommon thing is the "bow" between anvils feet, never seen S&H this pattern. That's all, I hope you guys will enjoy!

You are welcome Julian. I was delighted when I saw Museum's site!

Hello Julian. I have one S&H anvil. Forged anvil, South German pattern, made in 1890 on fire no.2, 140 kg. Has a little damage on it but I am very proud to own such a piece of art in my workshop. Here are some photos, if you find them useful- use them! I can take more photos in close up if you need them. I'd like to share this very useful link with all the guys on this forum: https://museodellincudinedisanmartinoeng.wordpress.com/ Good luck with your research, cheers! Zoran Novakovic

You are both right, here we had isolated farms and households but they were not that far from villages/cities as in your country. We also had smaller blacksmith tools for farms but forges/ blowers were foot powered, for some reason hand powered blowers were not available here. I have one but it's not ready for photo session yet :-) Here is a few photos how they look, when i finish mine I'll post more photos or make a new topic, cheers!

Thanks! Hand powered blowers are so, so rare, it's almost impossible to find one in this part of world :-)

Yes it is, made in 1941. Thanks! I will post more photos when I clean it properly :-)

Thank you George. You're right about anvils, we have forges here but they are different type then on the left side of Atlantic. I have one forge it's very old but it's not functional. I will post some pics when I have time. Thanks Frosty! I'll be back with more photos when I clean this beauty correctly :-)

A few days ago I went hunting and came home with 150 kg (330 lbs) North German pattern S&S anvil. In previous life it was "in" concrete base, hardy hole was blocked with piece of steel, very, very rusty and it was ideal for testing welding sticks ... despite everything sound was amazing, rebound too! I had no time to clean it completely but I just had to release its feet from rests of concrete, had to take out peace of steel from hardy hole, cleaned working surface and made a few photos and videos for you guys, I hope you'll like it! video-1646257891.mp4 video-1646258172.mp4 video-1646258430.mp4

Thank you all for answers! I know that anvil and stand on the first photo does not fit each other. It was an auction in Switzerland ended 12 hours ago, both sold for 580 US$ ... Anvil stand measurement are 27" X 23" X 20 " anvil itself is 35,5" long, 15" high and 6" wide, I guess it's close to 400 lbs ! They do not fit but it was a bargain.

I have seen so many different types of anvil stands, most of them were wooden stumps, tripod metal bases even barrels filled with concrete but cast iron anvil stands are so rare that I could see them only in photos! I'd like to hear your opinion and experiences about them? Here are a few photos I've found on net ... Thank you guys!

Looks very old, I'd like to know who made it ...

Nice find BartW ! Am I wrong or someone cut off feet of this beauty?

I know anvils are much more expensive in America than in Europe, in my country normal price is about 3 - 4 Euro/kg (1.6 - 2.2 USD/lbs) but this time I was a very lucky to buy this one for 1.22 $/ lbs. Maybe I should not tell price to you, didn't want to make you envy guys ... well ... maybe just a little :-)

I paid 350 EURO - 420-430 USD for that ... no comment :-) Yeah, but this young man is a real MAN, when he saw an ad, he called me and said " ... look Zoran, there was a big Skoda for sale but it was sold so fast ... don't know how ..." I appreciate him very much! Thank you Frosty ! Thank you jlpservicesinc ! Hi Davor, yes, they made anvils ... i did not know it until I saw some ads ... it turned out Skoda was so serious heavy industry ... probably anvils are just a small part of this Czech Republic giant !

Well guys I have news. I've decided to sell one of my anvils, a young blacksmith came to see them and fell in love with Skoda ... he was so enthusiastic that I decided to sell it to him. I missed Skoda a little but I was not sorry, no doubt he was the right person to continue working on that anvil! Just a few days later an ad appeared, a big Skoda, South German form with side wing, upsetting block and a wooden stump. I couldn't wait until morning to call at a decent time, did not discus about price at all, just asked about condition ( there was just one small picture in the ad), weight and time to pick it up! They did not know the weight or manufacturer, actually they did not know anything about anvils ... they are export-import company and this came within a whole workshop they have bought. It turned out it is a 159 kg (350 lbs) and I knew the rest before :-) As usual it was just a couple hundred miles away from me but this time it was cheap ... I've enjoyed that journey ! I didn't have time to clean the paint but it looks very good, rings like a bell and edges are almost untouched. Now a few photos. That's the story, cheers guys, I'll add some more photos when I clean it!

Sure, I would like to see them Benona blacksmith. You are welcome jlpservicesinc :-)

Hi guys, sorry I am late with my answer. I took photos of of three anvils bottom, first is 140 kg/ 308 Lbs S&H forged anvil, second is 91.5 kg/ 202 lbs Skoda third is 80 kg/ 176 lbs JEB. You can see welding lines on S&H very smooth and flat surface on Skoda and some holes on JEB. On the final photo you can see them all.

This should be a cast anvil with forge welded top plate. It would be almost impossible to forge all the details on anvil this shape, if you take a closer look whole anvil is very smooth, no signs of hammer hit. Take a look at this 36 kg JEB and a 140 kg forged Söding und Halbach, the difference is obvious.