njanvilman Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 An unknown maker anvil that has definitely had a long hard life. About 100 lbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 A broken Foster, dated 1829. The whole of the heal is gone. The rest of the anvil is not in too bad of shape. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Special Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Par for the course on Fosters. I've seen more broken than whole, but even the fragments are great anvils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 My 1828 William Foster is missing the heel and 90% of the face. I hope to someday try to reface it in the traditional manner. Postman suggested I do it in two stages: 1 weld the face to a plate of real wrought iron and then weld the real wrought iron to the body. I've been waiting to find someone who wants a blade from documented 1828 steel...(that's my story and I'm sticking to it!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Par for the course on Fosters. I've seen more broken than whole, but even the fragments are great anvils. I actually have three other Foster anvils that are not broken, including a Coachmakers pattern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 A very ugly broken FISHER anvil. Lots of edge chipping, and broken off at the hardy hole. I think this anvil lived its early life in a school shop. Typical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronze Yew Forge Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Here are some bigger pics from the seller for anyone considering buying it. few workable spaces on there...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petere76 Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Gentlemen, Old anvils in a modern world. Nostalgia has it place but function always win the race. A lot of the product for sale as an" anvil" are more worthy of historical reference than function. Buyer beware. As blacksmith's we have to look to our own current resources, . Nimba makes anvils, as well as ridged. I regret the lack of product in the market because among other things it' drives up the cost of what's available on the market. There were more anvils available in 1920 than there are now and they we competively market priced. Unfortunately many blacksmith's today have to shop a limited antique marketplace as opposed to a commercial production market, thus the pricing you see on places like eBay. End of rant. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomfromuk Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Seen this anvil on Ebay, has had some lovely work done to the heel To be fair its probably not too bad apart from that, and the starting price is okay. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Nice pike, nice face over the sweet spot; I'd be happy to have that anvil if it passed the ball bearing test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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