DennisG

Very ingenious design (IMO), and looks like it has good mobility with a 2 wheel dolly. I have a couple questions for you. 1. What are the dimensions of the face. 2. How the heck did you cut the Hardie hole. 3. How much does it weigh? Very good job.

I visited a local artisan blacksmith I know at his shop today. He runs a few Blacksmithing courses, I have taken the beginners and will one day move up. He looked over the anvil and let me know it was cast iron. The design is standard and he figures it is a copy where a company just put their name on it. He then gave me pointers on how to face it, I will share that fun later. I have weighed the anvil at work and it is 101lbs.

Here are a few pics of the anvil after I cleaned it up. I did try a grind testing on it in the dark, got a few sparks that were short/medium and had a good spark on the end, like a cross, not like when I am grinding steel. ="http://s153.photobucket.com/albums/s231/Narille/?albumview=grid"] BTW, the markings under the name is BB14

Hello to all. Well I am a lucky man in that I was given an anvil for free, but as the saying goes "nothing in this world is free" and this anvil was not. The anvil was a "blow out". During the casting the mold moved and thus I had a large amount of metal on the shoulder and waist that needed to be removed. With the use of zip cut and grinding disks I now have a fairly nice looking anvil, all that is left is the build up and hard facing. The "ID" part is somewhat simple. On the side that had the blow out it says 100LBS, on the other is says STANDARD IRON WORKS, easy to read. What I would like to know is if anyone knows about these anvils or where I can get more info. about them. I have found 2 possible companies, standard iron works in PA that mentions only structural and rail road work, and one called standard iron works and wire ltd that do structural. Neither company have any info about making anvils. Any Ideas?