Fort Ord U.S. Army Blacksmith Project: ID Army Anvil

[gregkrenzelok]

Fort Ord U.S. Army Blacksmith Project: ID Army Anvil

Post November 20 2009

Can anyone identify the U.S. Army Anvil in the picture that I have attached?

Thank you!

Greg Krenzelok - Veterinary Corps Website

The Stable Sergeant

Edited November 21, 2009 by greg krenzelok
add link: http://stablesergeantduty.notlong.com

[Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver]

Don't know about the anvil, but it looks like the "smith" is about to cut his finger off on the hardy!

[BIGGUNDOCTOR]

Yea that is a staged photo for sure; the hardy left in, the hammer position, and the color of the shoe being "worked" on.

Can't help ya on the anvil ID though. Sure someone with more time studying them will get you what you need.

[Ted T]

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha. You got that right nakedanvil!
That is a good example of why I give a safety warning to a new blacksmith.
Although nobody has ever listens to me, I still feel obligated to tell new blacksmiths about why I was trained to stand at the anvil so my striking arm was opposite the hardie hole.
When I started back in the early 50

[Ferrous Beuler]

I don't recognize the anvil make but that is a mule shoe he's forging, not a horseshoe.

[brucegodlesky]

Can't identify the anvil but I have one that came from Ft Riley and it is a Vulcan.
Also, I passed one up several yrs ago that came from a Navy ship and it too was a Vulcan. Mebbe the guvmint bought their anvils from them ??

[brian.pierson]

It looks like it has the flat step on the foot for a hold down like a peter wright. I would suspect it is an American anvil though. Which one of the American manufacturers had the step? It also looks like it has a plate welded on for the face.

Brian

[Confederate Forge]

The caption for that picture on that link says its from Fort Bragg which is about an hour from me here in NC.

[gregkrenzelok]

Thank you for your help. Doing further research I believe this to be a:

Farrier

[Frank Turley]

I can't ID the anvil, but I don't believe it's a farriers' pattern. The tech manual drawing and the photo are both a little indistinct. The farriers' style, at least the Hay-Budden, had a clip horn, meaning the small, semi-circular projection at the base of the horn. It DID NOT have a rectangluar cutting table at the base of the horn, because many of them had a "swelled horn," an increase in diameter starting at the join of the horn and anvil body.

http://www.turleyforge.com

[Dragons lair]

I am thinking fisher due to the thick face.
Ken

[Mark Wargo New2bs]

Is that an eagle logo on the side of the anvil? It's a bit hard to make out. My Fisher has it's logo there.

Mark

[njanvilman]

I do not think it is a Fisher. The waist appears too narrow for a Fisher.