Sask Mark Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 My guess is a Soderfors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ratliff Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 Sorry about that. I turned it around, but there doesn't seem to be much on the other side. I did find what looks like MO?SA?R right about the "110 Lbs." stamp. The "M" looks like an upside down W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jasonmichalski Posted March 5, 2012 Share Posted March 5, 2012 My 175lb Queens cross given to me by my Uncle he has no kids and he wanted me to take care of it, because his wifes grandpa gave it to him. It sat in a basement since her family moved from PA. 60 years ago from a farm that was a centenial farm then and the anvil was on the farm when they bought it, so that puts it in there family for 160+ years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ratliff Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 My guess is a Soderfors. I think you're right. The stamp probably used to say "Sweden." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sask Mark Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 I made my guess based on the flat ledges on the feet, the casting lines on the base, and the script that was used to stamp the weight. My Soderfors has all those characteristics. Mine also had the year it was made stamped on the front of the foot and on the side. You might be able to find a year of manufacture on yours too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonmichalski Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 My 175lb Queens cross given to me by my Uncle he has no kids and he wanted me to take care of it, because his wifes grandpa gave it to him. It sat in a basement since her family moved from PA. 60 years ago from a farm that was a centenial farm then and the anvil was on the farm when they bought it, so that puts it in there family for 160+ years. Lost my ID in the upgrade but I'm back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxnsafe Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 100 pound Scott anvil. Cast 4140. Can't get photo to post. 100 pound Scott anvil. Cast 4140. Can't get photo to post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin K Posted March 18, 2012 Share Posted March 18, 2012 830 lb bridge anvil. No maker's name. This is a picture of it in the back of my truck when I brought it home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Chambers Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Its name my friend is Envy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tupcakes Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 My 125 pound hay budden. as far as i can tell it was made in 1908-1910. got this crhistmas from the greatest parents evar. ;D any time i accidently damage it *Cough* cold chisels *Cough* a part of me dies inside. only picture i have of it on my photobucket i will try to upload more later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 So make an anvil saddle for it and stop coughing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tupcakes Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 yeah yeah, i do have the cold you know. andi do have one made, its just it was a quick to secod job to get the sharp edges off of an old steel brooms stick my 3 year old brother was playing around with. i am only fourteen ya know, alot to learn still. plus i was postive that the cold chisel wouldnt be able to cut it ^_^. guess i was wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 yeah yeah, i do have the cold you know. andi do have one made, its just it was a quick to secod job to get the sharp edges off of an old steel brooms stick my 3 year old brother was playing around with. i am only fourteen ya know, alot to learn still. plus i was postive that the cold chisel wouldnt be able to cut it ^_^. guess i was wrong. Ahem SLOW DOWN! Doing any job properly is quicker than rushing to get it done. Your tools are better taken care of, you are less likely to hurt yourself, you are less likely to have to re-do the job. Nice looking anvil. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Well being a teenager is almost a reason to be forgiven any fool thing you do. I will certainly not share some of my exploits during those years; save by saying I can still count to 10 on my fingers---scars don't count! However you do learn with time that messing up your tools means you get to buy them over and over instead of being able to buy *new* and *different* ones and have the old ones still usable. With time you learn to start thinking about failure modes "What's the worst thing that can happen?" (which is often "you'll put your eye out!" and so you should start thinking of wearing PPE when you are in the shop---most hardware and lumber yards have safety glasses that are not the old dorky ones we had back in our youth---get a set of cool ones and wear them!) On the other hand; we are generally going to try to treat you like an adult; so learn to take your lumps and LEARN from them! Our craft has some intrinsic dangers and we are not going to tell you NO! But only "be as safe as you can doing dangerous stuff!" As for messing up tools when young I got you beat! When I was about 2 years old I tried to chop rocks with my Mother's 2nd anniversary present a Kabar butcher knife and chipped the blade. I learned quite a lot from that incident and recently she gave me that blade as a present---53 years later... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tupcakes Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 As for messing up tools when young I got you beat! When I was about 2 years old I tried to chop rocks with my Mother's 2nd anniversary present a Kabar butcher knife and chipped the blade. I learned quite a lot from that incident and recently she gave me that blade as a present---53 years later... nope. i did somethign very similar. my father got a shun ken onion 8 inch chefs knife for valentiones day from my mother (300$ at least) and one day later i was slicing a lemon with it cuz i think its effing cool, sliced the $*!% out of my finger, dropped it and chipped the blade. quite similar accidents if you ask me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Were you 2 at the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tupcakes Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Were you 2 at the time? no, i was the same age i am now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 What's forgivable at 2 can get you in trouble at 14! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tupcakes Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 What's forgivable at 2 can get you in trouble at 14! haha don't need to tell me that again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bousky Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Hi guys I'm having a little trouble posting an image of my 284lbs Peter Wright anvil. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Click "more reply options" instead of "post" and there will be a label "attach files" at the bottom. With the simple up loader you click "choose file" select your file and then click "attach this file" Advanced up loader was not working for me, but the format is similar. You can select multiple files. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matto Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 my kohlswa 150 lb i have it on a new tri leg stand now my trenton 123 lb my 150lb vulcan the one that i wish i still had, it was my first, 125 lb centaur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matto Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 my kohlswa 150 lb i have it on a new tri leg stand now my trenton 123 lb my 150lb vulcan the one that i wish i still had, it was my first, 125 lb centaur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matto Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 sorry must of hit the add reply twice nice to see the 2nd reply got all the pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greensngravy Posted April 10, 2012 Share Posted April 10, 2012 Well I viewed all the pics on this string and couldn't find this brand. I picked this one up from a retired auto body guy in Northern Illinois just yesterday. He's chucking it all and moving to New Zealand! It's a West vanadium cast steel anvil (from what I can tell) made sometime in the 30's in Cleveland, OH by the West Steel Casting Company. Thomas Dyson West was the founder and had a great rep in the foundry science community. This one weighs 173# and rings loud and clear like a great big bell. It came with the maple stump on locking casters and an egg-shaped hardy tool. It's in amazing shape! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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