May 31, 201313 yr This anvil looks real nice. Swayback is curvature in the top plate, caused by the foundation of wrought iron beneath the steel plate giving downward and widening outward. A totally hot anvil could be hydraulic pressed back into shape, with attention paid to narrowing the wrought iron base to reclaim the stock needed to raise the steel plate. It is usually better to just dress the top plate's edges and live with the sway back.
May 31, 201313 yr Welcome aboard, glad to have you. Please put your genera location in your header so we'll stop bugging you about it. That's a fine looking anvil, a little dressing on the edges is about the most a person could do without messing it up. Don't sweat a little sway it won't effect a thing. That beauty has so little you'll never notice it working. Frosty The Lucky.
May 31, 201313 yr Peter Wright, with something off about the tail. There is an odd step under the heel. Possible weld line (different rust line) just ahead of the hardie hole. Did someone machine the side of it to fix edge chipping given the horizontal line near the waist? Weld on a delaminated plate at the heel? Value? How bad do you need an anvil? It'll work for modest usage but beware that it may have been extensively repaired, and the quality of that repair will be a shot in the dark. P. Wrights are good anvils if all else is equal.
May 31, 201313 yr It'll do in a pinch, naw, it's a good looking anvil, That weld line Yaggy is talking about is where the two halves were possibly forge welded together but I don't think so, it looks more like a scratch in the patina just about the weight stamps, I can't quite make them out. That section that is missing just behind the pritchel hole is a little bothersome but not a deal killer unless the seller is asking something in the neighborhood of $3/# then I'd say "No thanks, price is too high" and dicker some with them to get it down around $2/#.
June 1, 201313 yr bought my last PW about 2 years ago in Albuquerque NM. 112# $150 and in very nice shape indeed. Remember to add in shipping on evilbay; generally NOT a good place for cheap anvils save for cheap anvils sold for exorbitant prices. That's a nice anvil, nice and big too but too rich for me!
June 1, 201313 yr Going by the pritchel hole location, id say the lower heel has been removed for a special job that needed a thinner heel for clearance
June 1, 201313 yr Author Out of curiosity, what are the dimensions of the anvil? 32in x 12 in x 13 in tall PLEASE do not use weird fonts, and strange hight colors, it raises all sorts of cain with translator programs.
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