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On 2/14/2020 at 12:46 PM, ThomasPowers said:

Are there flats on the top of the feet where the anvil is fastened to the stump?.  If so; high probability it's a  Peter Wright. (Flats, CWT, Swale, Patent?)

There are flats where the Anvil is clamped down to the base.

On 2/14/2020 at 6:47 PM, CtG said:

I'd take TP's advice, it sounds like NM is fairly tool-poor, so it would be nice to keep it local!

I hope it gets to stay local, I have found two locals interested, both of which without any money. but its only the first weekend I attempted to sell anything so we will see where it all goes.

1 minute ago, ThomasPowers said:

Speaking of Ducks in a row,  keep you eye on when the next meeting of the New Mexico Artist Blacksmith Association is; you might be able to clear out some stuff there!

Thank you! I will look out for that.

Cheers!

6 minutes ago, Marc1 said:

You will have no problem selling your tools, the price factor is the only unknown. I noticed a small drop in prices in general comparing to a few years ago.

i think the heat has come off the market as people start selling. I hope you get good money for them anyway. 

Thank you! 

Id love to keep them for when I retire, but I haven't used them in a couple years, and got some rental property I want to work towards paying off. 

I have contacted another blacksmith here in ABQ and a friend of mine makes swords, so hopefully between them I can get some reasonable price. 

Thank you guys for your quick responses!

now I just need to get all my ducks in a row for what I am selling

I have 2 post vices

a small spoon swage block

a larger (I think 18" x18") swage block

some custom hammers (I cant remember what metal the guy said they were made from)

Set of custom punchs

hand full of tongs (various levels of quality)

a little crank coal forge

A home made treadle hammer

and a pile of attachments for the anvil

Haha, oh yea, sorry about that. Im in Albuquerque New Mexico, USA

1 minute ago, Marc1 said:

Rub all the places that seem to have letters or numbers with chalk. That will reveal a bit more. 

 

I will try that tonight...my 4 year old has lots of chalk

Hello All,

I got into blacksmithing about 6 years ago, I have found that I haven't had the time to really do it. so Im working on selling my stuff.

I don't know how to identify the Anvil. I did a little searching on the fourm and didn't see anything that looked like the markings on my anvil, but I don't have much to work with.

There are some faint markings on the side, maybe someone can make something of them? Does anyone speak Beat-up-metal?

I believe the anvil is about 400lbs, but not certain.

Follow up question: reasonable pricing estimate for the anvil pictured?

Thanks,

Dave