March 10, 201313 yr I went to look at a Peter Wright 105 pound (0 3 21) anvil today, and it followed me home. As far as I can tell the heel on the side has been welded on as has a 1/4 surface plate (the step looks high enough to appear that it was welded to the original surface). The "new" surface has a hardee hole, but the pritchel hole wasn't cut in. I can get an exact thickness from the hardee hole, so I'm thinking that I might cut off the added surface (as well as the heel on the side). The price was too good to pass up, but I might not end up keeping it. The SECOND anvil was a moment of serendipity. The guy that sold me the Pete told me about a local tool surplus shop, so I stopped there on the way home (and spent 2 hours). I stumbled over this very interesting "log" anvil. The shop owner said it was used in a local freezer fabrication shop. It is 24" long, 117 pounds, has a 1" hardee right through the middle, and has 4 different radiuses on each of the 4 "sides". Anyone ever seen anything like this? There are no stamps on it. BTW... I didn't give $65 for it... I talked him down to $60.
March 10, 201313 yr You did better than me. I went to an estate auction to bid on an anvil. However, no deal, it went for full price and I stopped bidding at $170.
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