dreadnaught

Thanks to everybody for the information and suggestions.  I'm not sure how long it will take me to get this fixed but I think I'll take your advice and plan on welding it back together.

Thanks, again.

I just saved an anvil from a trip to the scrap yard.  It is a Trenton with a crack most, if not all, of the way through at the waist.  It was repaired with 2 long bolts from the stand up through the feet and into 2 threaded holes, one under the horn and one near the hardie hole. It has a Trenton stamp visible on the right side with T175 on the front right foot and A36043 on the front left foot.  I understand that T is the initial of the maker and that it is 175 lbs. I don't have the date of manufacture but based on some other responses in the forums, I assume something like 1901-1903.  Anybody have access to AIA to get the manuf date?

I can't confirm 100% but I suspect that the crack runs all the way through.  I see 2 small tack welds on the right side but those 2 bolts are doing the job keeping it clamped down to the top of the stand.  I'm not new to blacksmithing and metalwork but a repair like this would be a challenge for me.  Based on other forum posts, grinding a v 1/2" all the way around and welding it back is only necessary if it cracks all the way through and hasn't been repaired. For the smiths that have been around a while, would you undo a repair like this and try to weld it back?

Thanks.