Daniel.85 Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Wacky looking anvil if you ask me. http://www.ebay.com/itm/MINT-128-lb-FARRIERS-BLACKSMITH-ANVIL-Forge-Iron-TK-139-/110845952657?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19ceef0291 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 i love that!!!! its the business! :lol: i want it!... shame its on another continent...... :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Classic farriers style with swell horn and tiny waist. Should ring loud and not be very efficient for general smithing---it does look rather like a Dr Seuss version though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenylittlemetalguy Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 The two pritchel holes and the hardy look like a face that is saying "Oh No!" If I had one I would name it Mr Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 i just think thats the grooviest looking anvil i have ever seen!! shame about the noise it makes........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 About 1960 (?), Dick Cropper of Chatsworth, California, went to Japan with this anvil design along with his horseshoe patterns and horseshoe tool patterns. His company was called Multi-Product, and he was the first in the U.S. to sell Japanese made shoes. Cropper took his design from the Hay-Budden, but he exaggerated or attenuated elements of the anvil. .The heel is quite thin and springy. The waist is tiny. The horn is large. Theses are probably design faults, but if I run across one, I'll try to get in touch with Beth. "I told you a million times not to exaggerate." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knots Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 I bought one back in 1986. it weighed about 125 pounds and rang like nothing I had ever heard before or have since. Took it home used it three times and sold it. The ringing could probably be dampened, but the anvil was just to narrow and the heel was not suitable for the work that I was doing. Even though it didn't really suit my needs, I still sort of hated to see it go because it was a cool anvil . In retrospect I think that it would be a good anvil if your work included a lot of light forging on/of small stock. An example would be forged jewlry, or small hardware items. For general forging it is hard to beat a more robust anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 i hear what your saying frank, and of course you will undoubtedly be right :) but i still love how it looks - like a cartoon. id have it just to make me smile. anyway - you live too far away! probably just as well.. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluidsteel Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Thought I'd mention there's one for Sale in Portland Oregon on CL. It's been on there for months and started at over $750 now it's down to $500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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