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yes sir 101 , you are correct, Norrisez it is ............it came home with me tonight.......51lbs and I'm really happy with this find........

I also came home with a 17lb wrought I'll post pics tomorrow after it gets a quick wire wheel for markings (hopefully)............

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a couple more pics...........the little guy is looking Hay Budden but I'm not 100 % yet..........any guess's ?

my wife isnt crazy about it on the dining room table but............. :rolleyes:

met a real great guy yesterday , he also had a 300lb PW that looks like it came out of a showroom , it was beautiful just to sit and stare at it ....................  

 

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Both of them are nice finds, congrats on finding them. The smaller one appears cast, very possibly a Samson given the similarity of the pattern to the 20 lb. one in these pictures.

 

They rarely have markings left because they stamped their logo on the cutting table. Tim South Shore smith was the first to find one marked that I know of. You can see just a bit of CLEVELAND and the edge of the diamond in the (5) picture. A couple consistent characteristics you can check for are a relieved working edge as much as 1/3 of the way back from the front, and the pritchel hole aligned behind the hardy hole.

 

The catalog page shows the whole diamond logo of Van Wagoner & Williams Hdwe. "SAMSON" Cleveland, OH, but I have not seen one marked on the side as the illustration. The profile and blocky square feet of the anvil in the catalog illustration is remarkably accurate to the profile of real Samson anvils.

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Both of them are nice finds, congrats on finding them. The smaller one appears cast, very possibly a Samson given the similarity of the pattern to the 20 lb. one in these pictures.

 

They rarely have markings left because they stamped their logo on the cutting table. Tim South Shore smith was the first to find one marked that I know of. You can see just a bit of CLEVELAND and the edge of the diamond in the (5) picture. A couple consistent characteristics you can check for are a relieved working edge as much as 1/3 of the way back from the front, and the pritchel hole aligned behind the hardy hole.

 

The catalog page shows the whole diamond logo of Van Wagoner & Williams Hdwe. "SAMSON" Cleveland, OH, but I have not seen one marked on the side as the illustration. The profile and blocky square feet of the anvil in the catalog illustration is remarkably accurate to the profile of real Samson anvils.

 

Excellent info 101HB , really appreciate that !! thank you...........I think your bang on , sure looks the same as mine , I'm going to have a closer look right now on the cutting table........

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