Direwolf Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 As usual I was out picking all day Saturday and found this old saw anvil. Clearly stamped Branch & Crookes St Louis. I have seen lots of saw anvils but never before encountered this brand. I had stopped at a fellow pickers place to drop some things off, he had just found it in an old timers garage. We cleaned it up then spark tested it. It is cast iron, but very good quality. It weighs in at 160 lbs, has some edge chipping but a clean smooth face. The rebound is quite good, 80-90% which is surprising. I don't usually buy cast iron anvils but acquired this for 0.75c/lb as it is unusual. I googled the name, sure enough Branch & Crooks produced the "Finest cast steel saw blades". They apparently produced the saw anvils too. It was difficult to get a decent pic of the name but got a few. Anyone else seen one of these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 I haven't. Here's an interesting article from the "Wisconsin Lumberman" though: http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=article&did=WI.Lumberv1n06.i0055&id=WI.Lumberv1n06&isize=M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 The article attached Northrop, E. B.; Chittenden, H. A., Jr. (ed.) / The Wisconsin lumberman, devoted to the lumbering interests of the northwest Volume I. Number 6 (March, 1874)wi.lumberv1n06.i0055.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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