Fe-Wood Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I can't believe this is for sale at any price!!! By far the most abused anvil I've ever seen:o Link:OLD PETER WRIGHT BELGIUM ANVIL 92LBS. - eBay (item 360175224371 end time Aug-27-09 19:21:54 PDT) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Looks like some sort of repetitive work was done on it. Sure did beat it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 never seen one anyway near that bad!! thats serious abuse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unkle spike Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Looks more like a swage block now....sad to see. Hope it doesn't end up in a "Would you try to fix this?" thread here at a later date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzonoqua Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 "worn on the top" hee hee, understatement!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I've bought anvils in worse shape---a 1828 William Foster with heel broken off and 90% of the face missing and the last bit of the face quite swayed. Of course I paid $5 for it....worth more for the Wrought Iron! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
element Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Wow what happend to it? Torch work or grinder work? humm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zsartell Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Hey that anvil is just down the road from me. Not sure that I'd pay $100 for it though.... It looks like it has been well used for someone at least. Too bad it's in such bad shape. I'd give him $40 for it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keykeeper Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 That's the roundest hardy hole I've seen to date. Just think of all the possible swages for spoons and ladles....HAHA. Of course, the price is a steal compared to the more traditional swage blocks selling nowadays....LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisfrick Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Nice looking swage block! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Maybe the buyer could level the face with wood putty. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 A know a fellow that would fix it right up with Bondo, a little grinding and three coats of paint then sell it as new!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBrann Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 WOW!! never seen one like that!! I have seen broken heels and horns... but wow some one did a lot of work, over and over and over!! I wonder what it would be good for now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ameling Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 (edited) Gee you ... young pups ... are spoiled! I've USED anvils in worse shape! I suspect this particular anvil was used in an old plumbing shop. That hardy hole appears to have been specifically opened out and enlarged for use with large round stock or pipe. It is too even to have been from "abuse". Plus the depression in front of that hardy hole shows specific heavy use - as in bending a right-angle in thick round stock or thick pipe. The rest of the marks show consistent use as a cutting chisel plate. The "tool" marks on anvils will often ... tell you the tale. Like a slight depression on the heel next to the pritchel hole from long time use when setting rivets. Or the "off side" rounded or chipped edges indicating which way the anvil was orientated for use. Yes, that is a well used anvil. But that hardy hole looks to me to have been a specific ... modification. And the "trough" depression running forward from it also then points to heavy right-angle bending of large round stock. Just my opinion. And Yes, I've USED anvils in worse shape. It's not how nice it looks, it is what you can do with it that counts. This one just has much more of ... a story to tell! Mikey - that grumpy ol' German blacksmith out in the Hinterlands p.s. An OLD plumbing shop. Back when pipe was "formed" to shape instead of just cut/threaded and screwed into a cast pipe joint/fitting. Edited August 5, 2009 by Mike Ameling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fe-Wood Posted August 6, 2009 Author Share Posted August 6, 2009 Interesting observations fellas! I wonder what the real story is... I just picked up a... I think its a fisher... anvil the other day. Heal is broken off at the hardy hole and the sides have some MAJOR chips er ah chunks missing. Not sure what I'm going to do with it yet. Could be the one I use to learn how to repair an anvil... Even missing the heal, it weighs around 250# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Looks like a good candidate for Blowing an Anvil next 4th of July. Polish up the surfaces, and mill more shapes into it for use as a customized anvil swage combo. Mill a dovetail onto the top to accept various dies. It isn't ready for the scrap heap yet by any means, a lot can be done with it. Of course being a machinist/fabricator, and having machine tools does make it more plausible to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meinhoutexas Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 big gunn i at first glance i thought someone used that only as a gunpowder hole for launching another anvil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welder19 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Well it's worth something just because it is wrought iron, it could be bought just to use it for the wrought, since it is in such rough condition it wouldn't be such a shame to make it into something else or a lot of something else's. welder19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ichudov Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 I sold an anvil in a similar shape and of somewhat greater weight for $49. Full disclosure and detailed pictures were provided, of course. Here's a link from the archives:http://yabe.algebra.com/~ichudov/misc/ebay/English-Anvil/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 ichudov, Is that a hardy hole in the BOTTOM of that anvil? Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 No that is a handling hole from when they were making the anvil. Forged anvils usually have a number of them and how many and where they are located is one clue to what brand they are if all other info is lost/obscured. cf "Anvils in America" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fe-Wood Posted August 12, 2009 Author Share Posted August 12, 2009 ichudov- The anvil you sold is pristine compared to this "swage" block:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anvil Head Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Must not have had a forge, just an Anvil, Cold steel and a big Hammer. Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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