September 4, 201015 yr I recently "scored" a bladesmith's anvil on ebay (UK ebay). In wire brushing it it was revealed that it is a peter wright, weight; 2 1 2 (250 something lbs). Needless to say I was quite pleased. It was £72. Anyway my question is this; does anyone know how thick the steel is on peter wright anvils? On mine it appears to be about 10mm at the corners and about half that along the edges. This seems awfully thin to me, or is it that the wrought iron was somehow folded up over the steel at the edges?? Does anyone know? -Dan
September 4, 201015 yr And yet the face is still there and in one piece. Does it look like it's ever been milled down? Or does it look like it's been giving good service the way it is? Just use it, you can always get another if it it fails.
September 4, 201015 yr Sounds like a nice anvil, unless the face is one giant mass of pits and dings, what's there to worry about,just use it! It has a good amount of mass for some heavy forging so have a great time beating the day lights out of some hot iron. It's still got a goodly amount of useful work life left in it, go to it. :P
September 4, 201015 yr Author Yes, it was a pretty ok price, though in all truth it is hornless, which is a big minus no matter what you are doing. Grant- my question was not an "oh help" question. I am actually curious if anyone knows whether there was a standard face thickness or whether they were just dressed as best the forging allowed. And no, I can't always get another if iit fails. The same way my hen can't get new teeth if hers fail, if you get my meaning.
September 4, 201015 yr Author Sounds like a nice anvil, unless the face is one giant mass of pits and dings, what's there to worry about,just use it! It has a good amount of mass for some heavy forging so have a great time beating the day lights out of some hot iron. It's still got a goodly amount of useful work life left in it, go to it. It has excellent rebound, but is quite dull sounding, which actually suits me fine.
September 4, 201015 yr Dan P, run a grinder down the side of the anvil to expose the welding seam and measure it, it cant damage it, should be aprox 1/2" thick. :)
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