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Ya got me there. Only real experience I have for ring difference is hitting my friends cast iron anvil vs his steel one. Iv never tried tapping the side of his.

No worries, if you remember to look I’d appreciate it, but not a big deal if you get busy. Leaning more towards it being a 1911, I read that year was included in the plateless design for HB where the whole upper half of the anvil was steel while the lower was still wrought iron, which would make sense considering it has a good ring when you tap the sides of it.

So thanks to y’all pointing me in the right direction and some more online research, looks like it might be a HB from either 1907 or 1911 depending on what the second digit of the serial number actually is. I could be totally wrong tho, always appreciated if anyone else has opinions.

I just read it after you pointed it out, thanks for the tip! Definitely woulda messed up some stuff there.

Good point on the location. It’s updated now. I live in south east Texas in the U.S.

Hey everyone, long time creeper first time poster. Just looking for some help IDing this old anvil. It was in my dads shop (he’s a disel mechanic) for about 20 year and he doesn’t remember where it came from. Mostly used it to beat on stuff, but I think it may have been softened in the past Its got a good ring to it and about 60% rebound, but it also slightly deforms when you drop a 1inch ball bearing. Just looking for as much info as I can find. Was also considering taking it to a professional heat treating place to see if it can be rehardened.