A friend of mine found a miniature aluminum anvil with his metal detector:



That's a dime next to the anvil, to show you the size.

Is this an actual tool, or a scale model used as a salesman's sample? Anybody seen anything like this before?

Thanks for any info! A very curious item indeed.

---Dan

Never saw one that small before! Don't know what it is, but its a neat find!

Look on ebay. There are minatures listed all the time. They were usually salesman samples. That one is preety small!! :D

I can't see much point to an aluminum, miniature anvil as a salesman's sample.

Miniature anvils are frequently made as souvenirs or just for fun. That one looks almost like it could be homemade. Being aluminum is probably a sign of recent vintage.

Sure is cute, though!

Neat!

I agree aluminum probably means it is a souvenir or a home made, possibly high school project.

It looks rather carefully made by the pictures.

Phil

Middle school casting project for metal shop is my guess.

Thomas has it! That was a really common project in Boys' Shop in the fifties ( when I was a pup)...