Okay, First of all, I'm well aware i'm posting on an old topic.
But this is where i found out, I might have bought a Soho pattern anvil.
So second off all, thank you of sharing this information on the world wide web.
Having said that, this is what i bought this week:
It' might not look that big on picture. But it is a 88cm long anvil with a 15cm face width and a lot of meat underneath the face.
Seeing the 2 clean hardy holes and the stapless cutting table, I assume it is at least comparable with the soho pattern anvil you guys are talking about.
Offcoarse it is not nearly as elegant as a Peter Wright. It even looks almost more like a german style anvil then an english or a London pattern anvil to me. (Found it in Belgium so that might make sense.) But the barely visible weightstamp (on the other side of the anvil) are in hundredweights. The hundredweights are well separated from the anvil but not highlighted with a clear dot.
I thought for a moment, it might be a Mousehole anvil by the information i found on the web. But then the hundredweights should be on this side on the anvil.
Anyway. I don't really care that much which anvil it is. I'm not even a bit of a blacksmith yet. Just another fool with an anvil in his workshop.
But i'm quiet happy with this anvil. I'ts in used but good condition. It doesn't ring but has a decent rebound and i'm looking forword to get myself a stump for this bad boy.
Oh yeah the weight. Well I don't even see the hundredweights. the quarters should be zero or 2 and the pounds 24.
I think it is just possible to lift it with 2 people. Butt it is just wrong to do that.
So my best guess is: 3 0 24 = 360 pounds =163kg or maybe 3 2 24= 416 pounds = 188kg
Oh yeah, just wanna show you how the hardy hole near the horn looks like.
You can clealy see the transition from square punch to round punch. (the other way around infact.