joshua.M Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 i have never seen an anvil like this, i'm guessing it is some kind of armourers' anvil??? http://ontario.kijij...QAdIdZ365895730 I am not in a position to buy, so it's fair game! Josh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 I don't think it's "some kind of armourers' anvil" but just a normal smith's anvil for the period. Could be a Mousehole though. Price seems kind of high though but maybe they are in Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Looks old, nothing special. Pre-pritchel hole, but I don't remember the date of that. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshua.M Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 cool! any idea on a brand??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gayle Brooks Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 In the Anvil book it looks similar to the Alsop Anvil (pg 14) It doesn't have the step (or table its called in the book) and there is mention of a very old type called a Moses anvil and Spanish anvils that look real similar but those have a 5th toe sticking out of the side (pg 12). Interesting find none the less Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshua.M Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 cool! i love learning about anvils, i need to get a copy of AIA... mu guess of arourers' anvil was because it liiks alot like a "church windows" anvil that, from what iv read, was used for making armor.... prices here average $2.50-$4/lb depending on shape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 It certainly might have been used to make armor though the age of armor was pretty well past by the time this style began to appear. I like the look of it! This style clearly was an ancestor to the more recent London pattern anvils. It would present a nice look for a colonial era reenactor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Standard colonial anvil looking not at all like an armourer's anvil. And BTW the "church windows used for armourmaking is rather a conjecture that doesn't hold up under strong scrutiny if you look at the engravings and paintings we have of real armourer's shops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old South Creations Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Nice colonial anvil. Nothing special except it looks like it's in really good shape for it's age. According to AIA it would be pre-1780 (it lacks a pritchel which would have appeared around 1830 and it lacks a table which would have appeared around 1780). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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