DungeonX Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I am just going by what I was told by the man I bought it from. I am not really sure myself I will get some pictures of the identifying Mark's later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I'd be cautious about other things they say as few "london pattern" anvils were European made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlblohm Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 The UK is in europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeroclick Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 For now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Geographically, if not politically/economically. I think we would be safest if we amended TP's statement to "few 'London-pattern' anvils were made in continental Europe." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Frosty Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 6 hours ago, JlBlohm said: The UK is in europe. True but we'll still talk to them, heck I'll talk to almost anyone. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CentralVA Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 (edited) I got around to brushing off the foot from the last page. There's a stamp on the side, all I can really see is are large letters OME and then below it is a faint diamond shaped stamp with what looks like outlines of some letters, but it's really really faint. On the left side of the front foot is T 85 and then on the right side I think is 365C7 Thanks Edited August 7, 2018 by CentralVA add'l pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 "The UK is in Europe." There is an on-going discussion about that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zrognak Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 I got a old Bofors Anvil from 1835 that my ancestors worked on in a iron foundry or iron works is maybe the right word, I found on a site this guy close by was selling it for 2000kr which is around 200Usd like 12 years ago maybe, I got the whole story behind where it came from hes fathers father or father i don't remember exactly, but he bought it home after they closed back in 1892 i believe and I also found out we where related, as well as had more relatives working in the iron works at the time. it is a bit banged up, think someone been cold forging on it after it left the iron works for a few years reason it has chipping but could also be damages not caused by it being over 180 years old. The man i bought it from was around 70 or so, really strong guy, he lifted the anvil into our car by himself so fast I didn't have time to help him, compared to when I got home later it was tough for me to carry it into my smitty and on top of my birch stump not a problem for me but man it was felt heavy, but he lifted it like it was nothing, admire that kind of strength. I love my anvil, will cherish it for the rest of my life. It weighs 93kg (roughly 205 pounds) dont worry this is a old picture of it probably from when I bought it, it is secure now. Not going to try to renovate it i will leave as is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Pounding red hot steel on it's face is all it needs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zrognak Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Could not have said that better myself, exactly what it needs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoName Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Zrognak, love that anvil. Bofors...hmmm. There’s an old Swedish anvil manufacturing company named, Söderfors. Attached is a photo of a modern version, 1926. Would love to see more pictures. N.N.F. Beautiful, Manchester, Michigan. USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 I'll bet he's heard of Soderfors. He may live relatively remotely but Sweden really isn't a THAT big country. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zrognak Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 NoName that is Awezome, yea I heard of em, they made good anvils, never gotten my hands on one but I live in Sweden so it is just a matter of time, that one you got there is a nice weight 155kg real good weight, and it is really cool that one made it all the way to where you live, that is quite the trip for an anvil. Frosty indeed Sweden is a really small country, a long country but still small. Ill take some pictures when I go down to the forge later today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadowgrove Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Got this unnamed anvil for 150€... 192 stamped on one side, no other markings. Weighs ~75 kg(165 lbs), maybe it's lost a few over the years... Some face damage, awful torch mark near the horn. Still rings beautifully, no buzz even at the damaged areas. Quick check resulted 75-80% rebound all over. Wire wheeled this thing for two hours, and it smelled like it was stored in a pigsty! The edges are a bit worrisome in places, but I'll let them be for the time being. Amassing some forging experience before modifying the poor thing is probably the wisest move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 30 minutes ago, Meadowgrove said: 192 stamped on one side I read that as a possible 1 - 1 - 24 (the center "1" being somewhat damaged; in the photo it looks rather like a "0"), which in the hundredweight system would be 164 pounds. Do you have a clearer photo of the numbers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meadowgrove Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 I forgot to curse the subpar image quality! Any better? I had to tamper with contrast and colors to get the stamps to show up properly. Looks like 1-9-2. Last digit could be 1 or just random punch marks. Dunno... Edit: image looked a lot clearer on my computer but is a complete mess on my phone... Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 The middle number would never be a nine. The hundredweight system is hundredweight (112 lbs) + quarter-hundredweight (28 lbs) + pounds, so that middle number will never be higher than 3. In this photo, it looks more like 1 - 0 - 21, which would be 133 lbs. There's always the possibility of a mis-stamp, where a careless apprentice read the scale wrong or grabbed the wrong number stamp. The fact that this is a no-name anvil rather than a well-known manufacturer might increase that possibility, although I freely admit that that's supposition on my part. Hundredweight stamps are frequently off by up to a few pounds, but a thirty pound difference is unusual. Maybe your anvil started eating a lot of fatty foods once it moved out of its parents' house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zrognak Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Here are some more pictures of the anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Sawicki Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Thats a really neat anvil Zrognack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 On 8/8/2018 at 8:54 PM, NoName said: Bofors The Bofors company was founded as a royally owned hammer mill in 1646 and still exists as an arms manufacturer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zrognak Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Im Swedish and I didn't know that, that is pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 I knew the name from their 40mm gun that was widely used on both sides of WWII (Sweden both being officially neutral and having a well-established armaments industry). The rest I learned from a little online research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zrognak Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 15 hours ago, Dylan Sawicki said: Thats a really neat anvil Zrognack! Sorry missed this post yesterday, thank you and yes indeed it is neat, ill cherish this anvil for the rest of my life 15 hours ago, JHCC said: I knew the name from their 40mm gun. That is really cool, thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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