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can anyone help me with the history of this anvil. i bought 3 (the guy was taking them to the scrap yard)of them and can not find any information.
thank you
john matthews
big lynn forge
828 645 2109 H
828 713 3925 c

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Mr. Richard Postman states in his book 'Anvils in America' that the Southern Steel & Supply Company was located at 12350 Los Nietos Road in Santa Fe, CA. He goes on to say that he believes that they no longer produce anvils. He knows little else about them.

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I used a Southern Steel anvil during my first shoeing apprenticeship in the early 1960s. We bought all of our shoeing supplies from Southern Steel on Los Nietos Blvd..Their tool brand was :"SSS". They were the outfit that first started importing horseshoes from Japan.Their line of Multiproducts Horseshoes pretty much replaced the old American Phoenix brand. Their tools,though,were American made and Excellent. The SSS anvils,I believe,were contracted from a nearby foundry. Their hoof tools were also local and excellent. I haven't heard of the company in at least three decades! Hope that is of some help.I'd be VERY interested in buying one of the three you have for my shop. Let me know. Eric Sprado

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"they ring like church bells. nice ring."...........That was going to be my next question, how do they ring, with a thud or a true ring? If a thud my guess was going to be cast iron and useful as boat anchors but since they have a nice ring they must be cast steel and therefore of some use to a blacksmith or farrier. I think you made a great find if you got them for under a dollar a pound. :D

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