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Sorry I can't help you but I came across an anvil with the name FISHER on it and on the side it has an eagle. I weighs in the 100# range, can anyone tell me anything about this type of anvil?


If it looks like this>
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Then Its a fisher-norris eagle anvil, If I'm correct it has a cast iron body welded to a forged horn and tool steel face.

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Sorry I can't help you but I came across an anvil with the name FISHER on it and on the side it has an eagle. I weighs in the 100# range, can anyone tell me anything about this type of anvil?


A picture of your anvil will help identify when if was made, and condition. If you post a photo, I can tell you a lot about it.
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That thin rim around the base making sort of a stylized hourglass shape is generally a Hey Budden, early style, later ones had a much heaver one. Some early ones the rim has been worn flat with the bottom---I have one like that; but it's well marked with the maker on the side.

The round holes probably were added later by a previous owner to bolt it down---are they threaded? If not perhaps they place a couple of bolts in a stump and droped the anvil over them to keep it from walking.

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