BradMcHatton

Thank you again everyone. Thomas, you're absolutely right about the rust issues here so I'll heed the suggestions about brushing and oil. Deimos, I really appreciate that information and it led to a pretty interesting discussion today with my dad. He's pretty sure it came into the family just prior to my great grandfather being born in 1890. Really cool to have that information! Lastly, Frosty you're spot on with that. I've just started and I can see how addictive it can be. Take care fellas and I look forward to updating once I produce something.

You guys are incredible! I mean it IronDragon and Frosty! This is quicly becoming a must-do for me and your help is really appreciated. I hope to have plenty of additional posts of the things I can scrape together on the "old lady". Means a lot!

Thank you so much and I'll be sure to fill in my profile a little better. If you think I'm good to work on this anvil I'm really excited to get started. There's no way I'll do any kind of alteration on the face and I'll be sure to research the ring and rebound test. Thanks again for the great news!

Hi all, I've lurked a little bit here but this is my first post so of course I'm here to ask for help for the experts. Sorry for that! So a few years back I got the idea to start making knives but I had no idea where to start so I kind of let it go. Flash forward a little bit and my uncle called me asking if I was interested in having the anvil that came from my great-grandfather's farm in Nebraska. My uncle thought I might be interested and it seemed kind of destined to be I guess. Anyway from his and my father's recollections of stories from the family this one had spent a ton of time on the homestead and MAY have been brought out originally by covered wagon (of course) by my great-great grandmother's family. A few generations later and here it is in central Florida. I've recently made a few knives via stock removal and I'd like to start some forging. I'm really interested in anything you can tell me about this. I believe it's 127 lbs if I've read correctly and I believe from what I researched a while back that it was made somewhere in the 1890s-1910s. Any clarification is appreciated but I'm also really interested in your opinion of the condition. The edges are pretty rough. Please excuse the scale on the face. I tried hammering on some rebar tongs yesterday for a first attempt and didn't wipe it off before the pics. Thanks in advance.