Cajun66 Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 I've been collecting equipment to get started and I got this anvil a little over a month ago. It's around 160lbs, 1 1/4" hardy, has no markings (may have been sanded off in the past), has no casting lines, and has a beautiful ring to it when I tap it with a hammer. I gave 200 bucks and a few hours welding for it. Sure hope I didn't get taken to the cleaners. P.S. I didn't paint it. Previous owner did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted November 25, 2013 Share Posted November 25, 2013 Greetings Cajun, If I had to bet it would be Trenton... Sounds like a winner .. Wanna make 100.00 I'm in for 3.. LOL Enjoy it will serve you well.. Forge on and make beautiful things Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun66 Posted November 25, 2013 Author Share Posted November 25, 2013 Thanks Jim. It looks a LOT better than the old mousehole I found a year or so ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 What does the underside of the base look like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun66 Posted November 26, 2013 Author Share Posted November 26, 2013 The base is solid. Not hollow and no depressions. No markings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judson Yaggy Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 The proportions of the cutting table to horn make me think of a Brooks, or that someone milled down the face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun66 Posted November 26, 2013 Author Share Posted November 26, 2013 All I know of its history was that it wasn't used hard. Came from a small dairy that was run by friends of the family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 the thick heel and small drop from face to table as does the lack of an indentation on the bottom does not make me think of trenton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Turley Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Thick heel makes me think of a British Brooks anvil, cast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun66 Posted November 26, 2013 Author Share Posted November 26, 2013 It might be a Brooks. There is blue paint under the foot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 More than likely a Brooks. Thick heels like that are not very common; Fisher, Vulcan and Brooks being the main anvils with that characteristic. The size of the hardy hole in relation to the overall size certainly doesn't sound like an American brand as you usually see a hardy over an inch going with an anvil that's well over 200#. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Lets see: rings like a bell + casting lines ground clean + thick heel + big hardy hole + square feet + slight bulge at base fore and aft + flat base + blue paint = Brooks. See if it does not look like the twin to this one: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCROB Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 at a glance I'm in with a Brooks as well with the thick heels, looks like one off mine sittin there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everything Mac Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Another vote for a Brooks here. They did a 77kg anvil which would put it at 169lbs or so.... Not that the weight gives much away I guess. Look for evidence of the "Brooks" casting being ground off. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun66 Posted November 28, 2013 Author Share Posted November 28, 2013 I'm finding that the 1.25" hardy is causing me a headache. Can't find many tools (especially on my budget) that fit. May have to make some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Evers Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Make an insert for the hardy hole - piece of 1-1/4 sq tubing with a top flange to keep it from dropping through. Or a piece of 1-1/4 by 1/4 angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun66 Posted November 28, 2013 Author Share Posted November 28, 2013 Why do I always overlook the simplest solutions? Doh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun66 Posted December 26, 2013 Author Share Posted December 26, 2013 Shouldn't go anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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