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  1. My wife ordered me the Anvils in America book. Do you know if that book will catalog the different Trenton Logos and their estimated date ranges?
  2. Good to know. I primarily do knife making and smaller ornamental stuff so it might be nice to mount the smaller kanca up higher and then make the new larger anvil sit a bit lower.
  3. Thank you sir. My current 110lb'er is mounted at my knuckle height when my arm is relaxed at my side....works well so far. Do you think mounting the new anvil higher up would ok, or does it jack your shoulders up?
  4. HA! I am currently using a 110 lb Kanca anvil (been using that for over a year now). My current anvil stand is tool tall for this new Trenton so I have a large tree stump that I am going to have to trim down to get the anvil at the right height. With an anvil this large...I feel like I am going to have to "up my forging game." haha
  5. Good to know. When applying the boiled linseed oil, do you "warm" the anvil at all in order to get a better soak? By warming it, I mean warming it...nothing that would compromise the temper of the face, etc... The edges on this anvil look really good for the most part and I don't think it would ever warrant what I have seen some do with welding, grinding etc. I just wanted the anvil to look as nice as possible and restore it to her former glory.
  6. Thomas, Thank you for the info! I am purely interested in age out of curiosity in relation to when my grandfather might have actually purchased it and acquired it himself. I want to try and do a really nice restoration on it and would really appreciate some tips on cleaning it up. Would sandblasting it first and then wire wheeling it be acceptable for the main body? I was then thinking of taking a flap wheel disk and cleaning the horn up. Perhaps a stone cup on an angle grinder to clean the working face? I used to restore old wood burning stoves like the Round Oaks and Great Westerns, and I was curious if the "Stove Black" polish that we applied to those stoves would be a good protectant/shine for the body of the anvil?
  7. Is it okay to post my question on the 430 lb Trenton anvil on this thread as well?
  8. Do you know if the Trenton's that were made in Ohio had the hole in the foot or main body of the anvil? That is what is confusing me a bit. It seems like this anvil has some of the characteristics of a Trenton but also not.
  9. I was just blessed to receive my grandfather's anvil that he had in Mississippi. He was born in 1887 and was a boat builder making 2-3 masted wooden oyster schooners. He bought the anvil from the local Pascagoula Livery & Ironworks but I don't know when that was. I can only make out what appears to be the "Trenton" anvil logo on the anvil. I have looked everywhere else to try and find any other numbers or markings but to no avail. I can't seem to be able to include some photos as well but here are the dimensions of the anvil. 39.5" long form heel to horn, 15" tall, the base is 16" x 13" and the working face of the anvil is 5 3/4" wide. Can anyone with Anvils in America be able to help me out? Could this have been made in Germany or would this one have been made in Columbus, OH?
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