Duall77 Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Can anyone identify this anvil?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Dean Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 This is a 'bridge' or 'railroad' anvil, getting it's name from the obvious bridge appearance. Most are of unkown makers and unmarked according to AIA. The markings on yours could be from the maker or the company logo that originally owned it. Good anvil, put it to work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duall77 Posted May 4, 2009 Author Share Posted May 4, 2009 It's a monster Close to 200# gotta clean top a bit more was'nt treated vary nice!! Any guess on the year range on this syle of anvil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new guy Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 that is a cool anvil. i would love to use that. very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 Looks exactly like mine; they seem to have been common in the old cable tool oil well days for repointing drillbits. I got mine in OK, a retired friend of mine's father used to use one in the oilfields of PA and I found one here in NM associated with an old cable tool rig out back of NM Tech---it's now in their Fine Arts Metals classroom. Mine has a shield with some letters in it cast out of one of the ends. I'd need to make a tracing to figure out what it was though. I just had mine cleaned up for use and was disappointed to find out that it was a cast iron and not a steel anvil---explains why it was so beat up and whey they were treating it as a "consumable" though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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