Lionel h Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Always improving , getting better tools . Looks good needs some hot steel and a good beating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddawgchuck Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 It gets a good beating every chance I get. Very lively face it will let ya know if you miss. I have new big anvil fever bad but trying to work the most misses out of my swing first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notownkid Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 On 9/3/2016 at 1:53 PM, D.C. said: C.BAUM....that anvil is possibly THE most beautiful thing I've ever seen on this site. Feel free to post more pictures...lots more...from all angles.. I agree most beautiful thing I've seen as well, More pictures, PLEASE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c.baum Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Well, on account of the high command following some more pics of my anvil. Sorry for the mess in the background. I definitely need clean my smithy up. The anvil is a bit rusty as everything will get after it spend some time in a salt mine. The face is absolutely plain. Just the edges are partially worn. the hardy hole is about 45x45mm. Pretty difficult to buy hardy tools. Fortunately the air hammer runs perfectly so i'll soon try to forge a hot cut hardy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 For my large hardy hole anvils I have often taken top tools and forged the handle eyes to fit the hardy holes turning them into bottom tools, As top tools with badly cracked and mushroomed ends are cheap it works out very well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thief_Of_Navarre Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 My new brooks. Still on the back seat of the car. 1950, 1 1/4 CWT, face is cherry and rebound is about 80%. Paid £1.40 a pound for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 On 9/2/2016 at 1:44 AM, c.baum said: @Kevin_Olson the anvil face is about 195mmx890mm incl. horn. price see following story. A good friend and coworker of mine heard of that and we could convince him to "sell" the anvils and the air hammer to me. I paid in summary about US$500 to the supervisor and the maintenance brigade could pay their christmas party. A good deal in my eyes A GOOD deal? GOOD DEAL! Holy mackerel you not only saved some beautiful tools and equipment you got it for pennies a kilo! You done good my friend really seriously good on all counts. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorō Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Just picked this up today, paid a good price for this. anyone here know what brand of anvil is this?? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loneronin Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 this is my anvil on the new cherry chunk. it is stainless steel (maybe AISI 316 as it was a buoy weight) not hardened. it is shiny but not so hard as you can see in the second pic. may I weld a hardened C45 plate on it? or what can you suggest me to have a hard face to hammer on??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remorhaz Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Hi all, First time poster. My son and I are just getting into blacksmithing. This is our first anvil, we picked it up at an antique shop in N. Ga. It's pretty worn, the edges are rough and it has a dip in the middle, but it still rings like a bell and moves metal really well. Markings say 106 lbs, weighs in at 104 on my home scale. From what I found on the 'net this appears to be a Peter Wright imported by Boker for Trenton. If anyone can confirm or deny it would be appreciated. Remo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 2 hours ago, Remorhaz said: Hi all, First time poster. My son and I are just getting into blacksmithing. This is our first anvil, we picked it up at an antique shop in N. Ga. It's pretty worn, the edges are rough and it has a dip in the middle, but it still rings like a bell and moves metal really well. Markings say 106 lbs, weighs in at 104 on my home scale. From what I found on the 'net this appears to be a Peter Wright imported by Boker for Trenton. If anyone can confirm or deny it would be appreciated. Remo German made Trenton.. I have one in 155lbs... They are a nice anvil.. Enjoy.. Welcome to the group.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nkearns Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 Here are my two anvils first one is a 95? Lb Peter Wright 1852-1860 I think. The man who gave it to me said that his grandad brought it with him when the immigrated for England. The second is a nice rr anvil that someone put some serious time into I think. Need to put it on a better stand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c.baum Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 On 26.9.2016 at 3:18 PM, loneronin said: may I weld a hardened C45 plate on it? or what can you suggest me to have a hard face to hammer on??? Sounds like your anvil might be made of high chromium content steel. Which is not hardenable. Welding on a already hardened plate may destroy the hardening of the plate. Welding such steel is difficult as well. If you dare to weld a plate of C45 on it, you maybe want to harden it afterwards. Another way could be to use welding electrodes for hardfacing. I've done this on my old anvil a few year ago. Really good results but requires good welding skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 6 hours ago, c.baum said: Sounds like your anvil might be made of high chromium content steel. Which is not hardenable. Welding on a already hardened plate may destroy the hardening of the plate. Welding such steel is difficult as well. If you dare to weld a plate of C45 on it, you maybe want to harden it afterwards. Another way could be to use welding electrodes for hardfacing. I've done this on my old anvil a few year ago. Really good results but requires good welding skills. The hard facing welding rod is the best suggestion.. On 9/26/2016 at 9:18 AM, loneronin said: this is my anvil on the new cherry chunk. it is stainless steel (maybe AISI 316 as it was a buoy weight) not hardened. it is shiny but not so hard as you can see in the second pic. may I weld a hardened C45 plate on it? or what can you suggest me to have a hard face to hammer on??? Stainless is very soft.. 304,308,316,409 all soft... It can be hard faced.. It also does have a tendency to work harden some.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citxmech Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Here's my brand new (to me anyway) 320 lb late colonial anvil. If anybody has any ideas regarding its provenance would be appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Well knowing what country it was sourced in can help! Very few Russian anvils found in Bermuda for instance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 citexmech did say "colonial", TP. I don't think the Russians colonized Bermuda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 Living on the Mexican border here we run into a lot of Americans who don't seem to realize that Colonial does not equal English Colonial and that the Spanish, Dutch, French and Russians had colonies in what is now the USA too. If you want we can say it would be more typical of an english colonial anvil and less typical of a central european anvil? Such location information can help narrow down possibilities though there are always outliers: for example Pitcairn Island had an "english colonial anvil" on it located at Bang Iron Valley and much farther away from England than Bermuda is from Russia I believe. I don't know if the English admiralty has the details on where that anvil was purchased---but it might! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 We should ask Frosty about Russian anvils up in Alaska. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 3 hours ago, JHCC said: We should ask Frosty about Russian anvils up in Alaska. I'm embarrassed to admit that never occurred to me. The Russian colonial period here was largely driven by: fishing, trapping, logging and mining, there's a lot of Russian gear around including I'll bet, smithies. <sigh> Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 9 minutes ago, Frosty said: I'm embarrassed to admit that never occurred to me. The Russian colonial period here was largely driven by: fishing, trapping, logging and mining, there's a lot of Russian gear around including I'll bet, smithies. <sigh> Frosty The Lucky. Innokenty Veniaminov, the first Russian Orthodox bishop of Alaska, was a polymath craftsman; I'd be very surprised if he hadn't tried his hand at the forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citxmech Posted October 10, 2016 Share Posted October 10, 2016 4 hours ago, JHCC said: citexmech did say "colonial", TP. I don't think the Russians colonized Bermuda. Thanks! - I found it in Western WA about 50 miles from Seattle. I'm guessing it was made in England and somehow made its way to these parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Here are some pictures of my new anvil. Another S&H, dated 1920 and weight of 276kg (=608lbs). Above the S&H round stamp, there are the words 'GEBROEDERS POLAK'. That's dutch for 'Brothers Polak'. After some research, I found out there were Jewish merchants who had a tools and hardware shop in Vlissingen (the Netherlands) from 1879 untill 1942. It's nice to know a little history about the anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Frog Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Tungsten, absolutely gorgeous! PM sent to your inbox... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Beautiful anvil! Now I have to go out and hug my anvil to reassure her I still love her. Yeah I'm suffering anvil envy. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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