rapula Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 anvil is 35 1/4" long and 13" tall, weighs 303 lb. It is a forged anvil and at least 100 years old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLMartin Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Very handsome! I sure wish I had that one. Mackenzie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Ubu Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Que yunque mas bonito. That anvil prettier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 What a grand old lady, a beauty for sure. Nice forge too, do you have a lot of German blacksmithing tools and equipment? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCROB Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 awesome !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakesshop Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 I too saw this anvil before Rapula picked it up, very skinny for its size, like 4" (I've forgot the actual size) and the multiple step downs in width. Josh from "anvils4sale" emailed me and stated it could have been a custom order industrial anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 That is one sweet anvil. Always amazes me that it either sat around unused or lost for many years, only to reemerge still looking like new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapula Posted March 20, 2014 Author Share Posted March 20, 2014 except for the face, this anvil was completely covered with tar. I left most of it, a good protecting coat. Maybe it was meant to be on a ship. There are initials of the anvil maker on the upsetting block: 'JRB' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapula Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 "do you have a lot of German blacksmithing tools and equipment?" Yes I have a few German anvils, forges and vises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 "do you have a lot of German blacksmithing tools and equipment?" Yes I have a few German anvils, forges and vises. Is that regional, to Columbia or your area? Here, English anvils and tools seem to be the more numerous of the old and imported to North America. We find them from all over but most of the old iron is English. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapula Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 My main shop is in Colombia. I have imported some of that German equipment over the years and they are in Wisconsin and California. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I would thing one should be able to find German equipment in Argentina................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Frog Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Waiting for another visit in Wisconsin! This spring? -Todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapula Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 I will likely come in early fall to Wisconsin, hopefully the snow will be melted by then.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakesshop Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 I'm the one holding the California stock for Rapula. Something like 7,000lbs of European anvils, vises and other equipment. Some of the pictured items are already sold. After the CBA Spring Conference next week, I'll post what's available here on the tailgate page. For example, the swage block, the tank anvil and the small Peddingus anvil are gone. Also the S&S and one of the S&H anvils gone. If I sell anything through IFI, I want to make sure they are acknowledged and compensated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakesshop Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Got another unusual German anvil I'm looking for info on. This one is for sale at this weekends CBA Spring Conference here in Vista CA. Measures about 34" long and 5-6" wide on the face. He thinks it's over 750lbs and with the base much more. No discernible markings on either side. From the priveus owner, it was rumored to have come off a German warship from WW2. He's asking $3K for it. By the way I'm not buying, just trying to help this guy out with some intel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeknivek Posted May 2, 2014 Share Posted May 2, 2014 Here is some info about it - I would like to have it!! Ahem.. Looks like the ones on oldworldanvils.com, maybe they'd know something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rapula Posted May 2, 2014 Author Share Posted May 2, 2014 Got another unusual German anvil I'm looking for info on. This one is for sale at this weekends CBA Spring Conference here in Vista CA. Measures about 34" long and 5-6" wide on the face. He thinks it's over 750lbs and with the base much more. No discernible markings on either side. From the priveus owner, it was rumored to have come off a German warship from WW2. He's asking $3K for it. By the way I'm not buying, just trying to help this guy out with some intel.image.jpgimage.jpg Typical Austrian design anvil, stepped feet, one horn, one hardie hole, wide face with church windows. From the measurements, this anvil could weigh about 500 lb. and likely cast steel. The base is really beautiful, matching this nice anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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