February 9, 201016 yr There is a list for other brands of anvils, why not Trenton? Please post pics if you have My "new" Trenton anvil is 168# from 1912 A108898 This is my first "real" anvil. Phil
February 10, 201016 yr A 103 pounder made in 1916. It's not stamped but everything indicates a Trenton.
February 10, 201016 yr This is my Trenton. Its 77# but i have not idea how old it is. the number on the right side is 48058
February 11, 201016 yr My 200 lb. Trenton Never have looked for numbers or stamps so I don't know it's age.
February 14, 201016 yr My 200 lb. Trenton Never have looked for numbers or stamps so I don't know it's age. That's a great photo Chayancarrek! and just like me, it appears as though you have mounted yours on a fir stump :-) Here's a picture of my well-used 178 lb Trenton. The numbers on it are pretty well worn, and all I could make out was 'A348'(the last digit possibly being a 3) If anyone could give a quick look in the anvil book and tell me the approximate age, I would be most appreciative. Thanks Iain
February 14, 201016 yr Thanks Mark! That was a shot I took back in '2000 for some advertising work that I did for the biz. I got my Trenton years ago from Jerry Cullberson at Old Cedar Forge in Allyn Wa. It was my first "big" anvil and it's now my main workhorse. The fir round is from a tree that I lost in a windstorm from my place in Vancouver Wa back in '96. Well worn or not, your anvil looks ready to work!
February 14, 201016 yr A3483 would be 1898. Whoops, my bad... I just went outside tilted the anvil up to get better light and hit it with a wire brush. It looks more like A346... I don't know if that would make much of a difference... Either way, thanks for looking it up for me :-)
February 14, 201016 yr That wouldn't make any difference for the year. Anvils in America list 1898 as the first year of Trenton manufacturing anvils, with serial numbers 0 to approx. 4000 being built the 1st year. Nice anvil by the way.
February 14, 201016 yr Oops! - sorry Iain, my last posting was in response to yours not Mark's! That's what I get for just glancing at names as I'm "scrolling by"
February 15, 201016 yr Here is a 158lb Trenton SN A27559 I bought at the swap meet yesterday... I have a 350lb Trenton I'll have to get the numbers off of to post....
February 15, 201016 yr Larry, A27559 = 1902. Do you have a pretty good collection of anvils to go along with all your power hammers? You have these 2 Trentons and you picked up that 400 pound HB a couple of weeks ago. I'm sure there are more around your impressive shop.
February 15, 201016 yr Larry, A27559 = 1902. Do you have a pretty good collection of anvils to go along with all your power hammers? You have these 2 Trentons and you picked up that 400 pound HB a couple of weeks ago. I'm sure there are more around your impressive shop. As far as Anvils in use I have a 170lb HB, the 350 Trenton and a Nimba Gladiator I have had a lot of anvils and buy and sell quite a few but three around my one man shop 3 pretty well fills the bill for work.... I am not really sure how I ended up a "powerhammer guy" Probably just because I love the machines themselves... Regardless I usually have many more powerhammers than anvils...I have 9 hammers at the moment and another on the way... :)
February 22, 201016 yr Because of my school, I have two 250# Trentons, and it is happenstnce that they both weigh the same. I got one from a retired machinist about 40 years ago, and the other about 3 years ago at an auto junk yard. I used the one as a personal anvil for about 35 years, and even though the two weigh the same, there are slight differences in dimensions. My personal one is 32½" long overall and has a 1" deep step. The other is 31¼" long and has a 7/8" step. The shorter anvil is a little blockier in the waist. http://www.turleyforge.com Granddaddy of Blacksmith Schools
February 9, 201214 yr here is my trenton, got it for making some brackets on a boat trailer. it was covered in industrial hammered green paint and bondo. they thought it was a junk anvil. i thought it is an anvil. then alittle cleaning and presto a trenton
February 9, 201214 yr Trenton #1Serial number 193841, 155lb born in 1928 Trenton #2Serial # is 188671156lb made in 1925And a picture:
February 10, 201214 yr here's my 100 lb Trenton born in 1907...a little dinged up but plenty of life left in her
February 10, 201214 yr I just went and pick this little baby up today. Trenton 100 lb, made in the 20s I believe. After I cleaned her up a little is first, before is the second one
February 10, 201214 yr This is my 131# or 151#. Can't make out middle digit and 20 pounds isn't worth me trying to weigh it I think its from the 1920s.
February 11, 201214 yr does anyone else have a crooked horn on their trenton? mine is a little crooked to the near side of the anvil if your horn is on the left. or i would say a little to the right if you are looking at the horn
February 11, 201214 yr Here's my 110 pound 1899 Trenton (stamped upside down) here's my 103 pound 1916 Trenton and here's a 117 pound farrier pattern
February 11, 201214 yr Author I am sure a number of these have less than perfectly straight horns. They were made with an open die process under power hammers, and anvils also do deform from use. It is possible that a previous owner did hundreds of thousand parts on the horn, so it bent slightly. I am sure it is fine. Sask, that middle one has a heck of a step to it! Phil
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