Dustin Quade Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Im hoping somone will be able to help identify this anvil. It weighs around 85 pounds and is only marked with a letter M on the side. No other markings on it at all. Any info would be appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Quade Posted May 24, 2016 Author Share Posted May 24, 2016 It is my neighbors anvil so il try to get more pics the next time i talk to him. I dont think its a Fisher though, none of the pictures i have ever seen of that kind of anvil have that big raised M on the side of them. If you have ever seen one though can you say where? Also what are the pictures of the front under the horn and rear under the heel supposed to show? As for the bottom while i dont have a picture of it i do know that its kinda bowl shaped... or so my neighbor said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Well it's a cast anvil as is demonstrated by the raised M and the parting line. Next major question I would have is "is it cast iron or cast steel?" If you can't run a spark test on it I would try the ball bearing test and make an inference from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duckcreekforge Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 I'll guess Columbian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judson Yaggy Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Looks cast so that should narrow it down some. I vaguely remember a farrier's tool company maker's mark with a combined JM, with some squinting there could be a something on the bottom right of the M in the pic. Ring a bell for anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatfudd Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Sometimes it best to NOT to offer an opinion if you really don't have any idea about what you are talking.. Dustn if you do a search on Milne anvils you may find something that looks similar. They were cast steel and quite good anvils but not very well known. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ivan Posted May 25, 2016 Share Posted May 25, 2016 Looks all Columbian to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Quade Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 14 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: IWell it's a cast anvil as is demonstrated by the raised M and the parting line. Next major question I would have is "is it cast iron or cast steel?" If you can't run a spark test on it I would try the ball bearing test and make an inference from that. It has a pretty good ring to it. Bounce with a ball bearing is about 7 inches when dropped from 10 he says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dustin Quade Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 52 minutes ago, Crazy Ivan said: Looks all Columbian to me. We may have a winner here. Looks like columbian anvils are cast steel and do have a raised letter M on one side. the other should have a depressed triangle with a riased C in the middle. He said there are no other markings on it but he also said when he got it it was super rusty and he had to clean the hell out of it. It may be that side was just really bad so most of the info is gone. Found this image online from some blade forums and the rest of the anvil looks about the same in design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronald Badten Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 I just bought one that looks the same. On the other side is a pyramid pointing down. I can just make out what looks like a "C" in the pyramid. I'm told it's a Columbian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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