SK Mac Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 I recently purchased an anvil that I personally had history with. It was the lead blacksmith's anvil at National Spring co. when I worked there 18 years ago. National Spring has since gone out of business but it was open for over 50years. I was wondering if someone may be able to help with identifying the maker, age, weight, and a value? This anvil was used for shaping leaf springs. The bottom stamp is 5-5-1= 841lbs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Don't have any answers but Man! That's a beast! Nice anvil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ivan Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Looks like the lower die of an open die hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judson Yaggy Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 What you have there looks like the die from an industrial size drop or steam hammer or press, atatched to a heavy cylinder of some sort. Is the cylinder solid or hollow? Guessing it was hollow or you would have mentioned that the whole thing was in the 1k to 2k pound weight range. If it was used for hand hammering when you worked there then someone previous adapted a big piece of steel for the job at hand. The stamped #s are not weight numbers in the hundred weight system as you were guessing, those were found pretty exclusivly on anvils made in a narrow time period and of a specific shape in a specific country (1800-1930 +/_, London Pattern, England). They are probably internal batch or heat treat numbers. Regardless that is one fine piece of steel to hammer on. Lots of possibilities. And best of all it's yours to work with now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SK Mac Posted March 28, 2016 Author Share Posted March 28, 2016 It is a beast. The base is a 18" diameter 1" wall sleeve that is filled with sand. This being an old bottom die would make sense one side appears to have been ground/ machined because it goes through the stamp on the side. If I were to guess the whole thing is about 1k-1.2klbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watson Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 22 minutes ago, Scrambler82 said: Nice piece of metal... Looks like it would be agree at anvil ! But why "ANNEALED"... doesn,t that mean to soften ? I think it makes it tougher.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 do the ball bearing test on it. The original chunk may have been annealed when sold and then hardened after machining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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