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Good anvil, made in Sweden, some have a straight edge razor symbol stamped on the side, the weight in us pounds usually also stamped I picked up a 74 Paragon yesterday, early advertisements said they were forged from solid piece later ones may have been cast steel mine has one handling hole under the heel,

Hey here is an idea, If you determine it is wrought iron, and since we are all blacksmiths, heat the horn of the anvil and forge it back into shape, a team of 3 heavy strikers and a large forge should be able to do the job, if your a member of a blacksmith assoc maybe at next meeting see if you can get some members to help, be a good group project, grinding to re-point will just remove metal, forging will just reallocate it and u lose nothing in weight and have a professional job when done. The next best thing, I agree with Bentiron1946 comment to just leave it as it is,

Hey Guys and Gals, i just ran accross this 100 lb anvil on craigslist in my area for 90 USD and im tempted to pick it up since this is the first deal i've ran across that i could actually afford and is close enough to make the drive to get. Thing is, i dont know enough about anvils to look at it and tell if its a decent brand and would like to hear what yall think about it and if its worth buying. The saler says its steel but has no visible identifiable marks on it. Is this one of those cheap china made anvils i'm always hearing not to waste your money on or is it worth getting? All insight is welcome and much needed. I have a couple days off coming up and would like to go get a look at it if its worth buying. I'm currently using an old RR track anvil and would like to upgrade but don't want to spend the money on it if its just an ASO. I'd wrather save my money until something worth buying comes around. Thanks in advance for any and all help!!
-Altus
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Wow, I would buy it in a heart beat, usually if you dont jump on something right away it is too late, Looks too cool to pass up buy it and sell it to me if your not happy with it, price is cheap

Hey Guys and Gals, i just ran accross this 100 lb anvil on craigslist in my area for 90 USD and im tempted to pick it up since this is the first deal i've ran across that i could actually afford and is close enough to make the drive to get. Thing is, i dont know enough about anvils to look at it and tell if its a decent brand and would like to hear what yall think about it and if its worth buying. The saler says its steel but has no visible identifiable marks on it. Is this one of those cheap china made anvils i'm always hearing not to waste your money on or is it worth getting? All insight is welcome and much needed. I have a couple days off coming up and would like to go get a look at it if its worth buying. I'm currently using an old RR track anvil and would like to upgrade but don't want to spend the money on it if its just an ASO. I'd wrather save my money until something worth buying comes around. Thanks in advance for any and all help!!
-Altus

Hi, picked up a small fisher anvil, did some research on Postmans book,the stubby short horn and heel, picture in the earliest Fisher advertisement on page 177,and described on page 153 for those with access to the book, was made prior to 1860, will try to post a picture soon,need to know ballpark value for small old 20 pound Fisher, face flat, any thoughts, thanks

Would hate to trade it off, it's smaller and lighter than most of my blacksmith stuff lol,

Definitely a stationary not a marine engine from the construction and governor. Wanna trade for blacksmith tools?

Best place to find out about this little engine is here. http://www.smokstak.com/ I have a friend up the road from me, Dewayne Fuller, that is a member of this site and he has a little gathering of folks at his place each April. You can see all sizes of these type engines and they are a lot of fun to watch! I have been asked to set up and demo for them this year. Should be fun, if I can make it that is.

BTW, where are you from?

Some how it double posted, I tried to delete this one but wouldnt let me,

Neat little Steam Engine, cant find any maker marks to identify the brand, Hope some one knows more about it than I do, and tell me what it is, I have done some research and appears to be around a 1/4 horsepower, the person I got it from said it was his grandfather's who was a dentist, maybe used to run the dental air compressor or tools, it has an old patina brass color, well made, all there except the leather belts that run from the crankshaft to the governor, it is turns freely and u can hear it suck air, it is around 22 inches tall, the frame is brass and so is the cylinder and governor they are all brass , the crank shaft; the connecting rod are steel; the flywheel is cast iron, the whole thing weighs around 25 pounds, the bore is around 1&1/2 inches and the stroke is around 2inches flywheel is 6 inches, I have found some new reproduction kits on the net but nothing like this, I found a company the around 1890's sold a small 1/4 hp steam engine as a kit u assembled but it didnt look like this one, and you can tell this engine has been around for ever, I found 3 on the net that were old and around the same size and age but were Horizontal Engines the owner said were used to run sewing machines, old peanut roasting machines, popcorn machines and the like, also don't know if I should polish it, it would be tempting, any help on the maker appreciated someone thought maybe a small marine engine since a lot of brass used

Did you tie that string to it so it wouldn't run off? :lol:
I'd ask you send it to me but someone already offered...

That is an awesome video, the sledge work is is amazing, when 4 men are hammering together 2 on the ring and 2 on the ground, one miss by one of the men on the ring would mean curtains for the guy on the ground, and how about the guy in the background swinging the hammer on another project like John Henry

Havnt keep up with anvil prices lately, 10 years ago a tiny forged anvil often brought more that a big one, anyway what do u think a Hay Budden marked 20 lbs, but weighs 23lbs on the bathroom scales in good condition, edges sharp would bring, not perfect but nice. Second question, the old Hay Budden Ads sold the anvils in 10lbs increments, at least the adds I have seen, would that account why one marked 20 would weigh 23 or did Hey Budden mark them exact weight and It should be stamped 23lbs, ??? Under the Anvil Topic someone was good enough to post a 1914 Hay Budden catalog and it starts with 10lb then 20lb then so on by 10 pound till 100 lbs then they did 25 lbs increments, so did you order a 20 pound anvil and they round up or down and you might get one that was within 5 pounds of what you ordered, any one Know, I just checked my HB farrier's anvil with 2 factory pritchel holes (I was glad to see an add for one in Postman's Book), it is stamped in even number 160, I haven't weighed it, (just assumed it was 160)so now wondering if it may be more or less as well

Cool picture, I like the length of the horn, nice, yes it is cast, has a nice ring to it so I think it has some carbon in it, I have another that is similar that came out of the Southern Railroad shop in Chattanooga, it has same base, but no ring to it, have some pictures somewhere of a huge steam hammer with bridge anvil in the foreground, just neat to see one in its environment, thanks for posting the pic

Very cool anvil!

Is it cast? I've never seen one this big with integral legs. Not that I've seen that many, but the ones I have seen have separate legs that are either slotted and welded or else dovetailed on.

Here's a pic of my 840-pounder...

I noticed your pick-up has a plastic bed liner, what I like to call an inertial slide system. When I transport my big anvil to hammer-ins, a big chain goes around the anvil waist and gets rigged to the trailer reciever hitch frame. A sudden stop will launch that chunk into the engine, it doesn't care if you are between or not.
Beauty Anvil, didn't mean to step on your thread.

Very nice! What are the dimensions? Does it really weigh a grand?

New toy, heard it was in my area 10 years ago, but no one knew where, then someone posted the blower in the background on craigslist , I bought the blower a 24 inch buffalo forge, and the conversation turned to anvils, and he said his dad had one over a 1000lbs, i asked if it had a hole in the middle, when he said it did, i knew what he had, we went to dads house who had it in the flower garden, a nice guy who decided it was time for someone else to enjoy it, and couple hours later it was loaded, picture is it at home still in the bed of the truck, sunday got it into the shop, I need to get the history on it, thought I would share a pic, must have some carbon it rings nicely,