chickenfried Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 After I posted the pictures of my horseshoe anvil I thought about a couple old anvils that my father has so I went and got some pictures of them this morning. I can't find any markings on this one. Any ideas on age, maker ect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Looks like a cast iron ASO(anvil shaped object). Made for light duty work. One really hard hit and you will have cast iron nuggets. No idea on manufacturer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 If you will go to the top f the forum page, click on user cp and enter your location it will help in getting you an estimated price. IForgeIron is visited by over 50 world wide countries each month so knowing if you are in Australia, Canada, UK, Peru, or where ever gets you better information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 The Buel (sp?) patent anvil had a hollow to allow for more through hardening of the face as I recall. (That doesn't look like the one on their patent application though.) Note that many farrier's anvils have tried to lighten the weight to be carried about---even a modern one with an Al base to it! May I strongly suggest you see if you can ILL a copy of "Anvils in America", Richard Postman at your local library---then you will have as much info on weird anvil variants as most of the rest of us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 Maybe you should do a ball bearing test on it. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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