revelator8565

Thanks for the help every one. I’ll try the ball bearing. I did take an old cross peen hammer and just lightly swung it, more like let gravity take it, from about 6 to 8 inches high and it bounced right back up to where I I started if not a tad higher. It also gave off a beautiful ring. I liked the sound so much I did it like 10 times. If I didn’t have all these wood working tools, I may could get into this smithing stuff. Also, I showed it to a guy who I know tinkers with some smith work. He offered me $300 for it. I chuckled and I told him it wasn’t for sale. This is probably my new favorite old tool. Anything form the 1800s is a keeper for me.

I am not a smith and do not really do any type of metal work. I am a wood working guy but love any older tools, especially hand or non powered tools that I can find. I'll try to youtube some videos as to how to do the ring and rebound test and let you know how it goes. At this time I do not plan on doing any thing with it, definitely no grinding or sanding on it. I will most likely build some sort of wooden stand for it to sit on and display it in my home with some of my other older cool toys. Now that you have seen the anvil with the stamping, any guesses to the age/year made? It also has another hole in the bottom in the dead center that is not pictured if that helps any. Thanks for the info guys.

Doug Kinston, North Carolina

So we had to empty out my wife's grandparent's old home place. I discovered numerous great old tools. I also found this anvil buried in the back under years of junk. I took a wire brush to to clean it up. As I know nothing about them I searched and found you good folks. Says M&H Armitage Mous(no E) Hole Forge, 0.3.25. Can anyone tell me anything about it? Weight? Year or origin? Place of origin? And approximate worth?(just for curiosity, too cool to sell) thanks, Can't figure out how to add pics..doh Doug Kinston, North Carolina