July 23, 201114 yr 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.
July 23, 201114 yr Fine looking anvil. I'd be happy with it. It has many many years of use left in it.
July 23, 201114 yr Looks like a sweet anvil. I don't see any wear, to speak of, along the edges. Good find. :D
July 23, 201114 yr 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.
July 24, 201114 yr 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!
July 24, 201114 yr Author 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.
July 24, 201114 yr 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.
July 26, 201114 yr Yes, those markings mean (loosely) : Send to stevomiller Sorry, nothing of substance to add, but that is a beautiful Fisher.
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