Khy

Primarily armour, and some amateurish blade work, Southern Canada. I'll try to pop in the "What did you do in the shop today" thread, now that I signed up.

I'm at the anvil all day everyday, so I appreciate your input, confirms my wonder as well. Something is a bit off for sure.  

Thanks for taking a look,

I promise I did not "grind" it. Brass hand brush and dental pick on the sides, very light draw with an extra fine file on the face, barely past paint, I know that's still frowned upon, but there was some unusual issues. Looked like someone used it as a welding table, and other days to chop wood. 

As far as the maker being "important" to me? Only important if it's important , did not want to make an mods or further ruin something of significance. 

In saying that, the top plate is 3/4" near the horn, tapering to about 1/4" at the heel, the heel seems to be hard, but loses hardness as it reaches closer to the horn, though I'm not overly familiar with farrier anvils. I planned to dress the sides a bit to better suit my work... but perhaps it's better to pass it on to another and try again.

Greetings,

I recently picked up this anvil on a chance, at first it appeared to have zero markings, but a bit of cleaning showed a few so far. 3 layers of paint had them 100% hidden, so there may well be more. Didn't help that the lowest layer was "aged steel" in color. To complicate things further, when using the word "worth" in a search with "anvil", the results were obviously more focused on "anvil value".

Rings like a bell, decent rebound, but the face seems rather soft. 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!