RobertC Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Here is an anvil I picked up recently. It is a 160# Fisher. My research shows it was made in 1942. Is there any meaning to the 'D' and hash marks on the base? So far I have just made a fork with it. I'm waiting for a forge and to finish setting up my shop area before any bigger projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM454 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Fine looking anvil. I'd be happy with it. It has many many years of use left in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Looks like a sweet anvil. I don't see any wear, to speak of, along the edges. Good find. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted July 23, 2011 Share Posted July 23, 2011 Nice looking Fisher, cast iron body, tool steel face. I have a 300# Fisher, real quiet to work on, nice rebound too. You may want to take a file to those edges and but a small radius on the edges. I find a file works better than a grinder. With a file you almost never take too much of, whereas with an electric grinder you can go to far in a heart beat. Really a great find, enjoy that one a life time. I can't quite read it but what is the weight? It' there on the right foot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertC Posted July 23, 2011 Author Share Posted July 23, 2011 15, so 150 pounds, but actually weighs in at 158 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Must have taken some intensive research to date that beauty........I'd say those edges are ''crisp''........If those are indeed hash marks they're the neatest I've ever seen?? Good score! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmeineke Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Very nice anvil! Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertC Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 Thanks! I'm very happy with it. I searched for an anvil for months, and missed out on some lesser ones. It all works out in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferrous Beuler Posted July 24, 2011 Share Posted July 24, 2011 Sweet. Last time I saw an anvil that crisp was when I almost tripped over one lying on the floor of a hardware store in Machias N.Y. about 20 years ago. It had the number "144" chalked on it and was brand spanking new. Yours looks to be, well, brand spanking new! Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevomiller Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Yes, those markings mean (loosely) : Send to stevomiller Sorry, nothing of substance to add, but that is a beautiful Fisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBower Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Wow, nice looking anvil! Great find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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