what is this

[Che Guevara]

ok boys who made this anvil

[Paul42`]

My question would be... "Who cut the horn off and why???":o

[Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver]

When they get old sometimes the horn just falls off, ask Frosty. Actually I think they cut the horn off to use as a drift for that big hole in the top.

[divermike]

I've heard that up in alaska, the great white....birch comes and takes them away from naughty kids!!

[Che Guevara]

i forged a square horn for it works great and that anvil is the quietest i have ever beaten on but as i asked what kind is it some think its a moushole from the 1850s or newer

[Timothy Miller]

That looks like a Wilkinson anvil with the horn broke off. That happened sometimes on older anvils because the horn was forge welded on and it may not have been a very good weld. Not that forge welding is inherently weak just that they did not do a good job.

[Neal Bates]

I've heard that it was common during the Civil War for Union Soldiers to break the horn off of anvils found in Confederate states to interfere with the making of horseshoes. Of course that would only apply to anvils found in the southern US for the most part.

[GForge]

Either that or was used on a very cold morning with a very big hammer. In Ottawa not surprising. I have heard of blacksmiths heating the anvils up before using in the wintertime.