Sask Mark Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Very-old-ANVIL-/120782132125?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c1f2d139d#ht_500wt_1413 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Looks to me like it lost a big chunk of the top plate and then was used for a long time. No sign of "corrosion" on the rest of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLMartin Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Har har har ................. I am pretty sure that is a vulcan anvil, cast iron steel face. The steel has mostly broken away, and was continually used after if busted and the anvil just has been crumbling away. It is not a old anvil by typical anvil standards. Maybe 1900 to 1920s. I really don't think it has seen any salt water damage. Just another miss leading seller on ebay ARRGGGGGGGG Grant you beat me to the post by just a few seconds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakedanvil - Grant Sarver Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Two minutes! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Evers Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Hey!! that salt air (and sailing ship) that makes it to Alberta is pretty mean stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 I'm glad we were told about the condition, "used." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluidsteel Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 I'm glad we were told about the condition, "used." "Used" anvils should always be cheaper. My 1913 300# Fisher had $600 written on the horn in paint. I bought it from the guy for $360 because he had "used" it...(but not enough to wear the paint off) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 That anvil is a Vulcan, from 1875 or shortly thereafter. You can tell by the oval name cast into the side. I have a FISHER that was used as a mooring weight in salt water. The steel is almost corroded away, the mounting lugs are mostly abraded away, but the cast iron is in good shape. That Vulcan is just plain ugly after years of abuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigred1o1 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Antique-Blacksmith-Bench-Vise-Clamp-Tool-FreeS-H-/160631414473?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item256660dec9 i thought reading this one goes right along with the salt water episode i really wish there was a way to point out to him he is missing most of his "rare antique blacksmith bench vise clamp tool" but i love what he thinks it should be used for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Looks sort of like part of a saw filing vise. I have the *base* of an anvil that evidently broke at the waist and then was used enough to make a smooth mushroomed "face". Postman says it was most likely a Peter Wright and it is weight stamped for what the entire anvil would have weighed---so it once was a complete anvil. Still more usable that a vulcan I have on my "Wall of Shame"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I'm glad we were told about the condition, "used." more like a typo should read Abused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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