Austin Ferraiuolo Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Who here knows about this anvil is it cast or forged? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Cast is obvious and I bet it's cast iron and not cast steel. if it has a steel faceplate it's very thin to *gone*! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Ferraiuolo Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 Could it be welded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Could what be welded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Ferraiuolo Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 Is there any way to weld in the broken spot to make it smooth? I can buy it for 50 dollars Or is this something to walk away from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 To use as an anvil?, walk away. To use as a lawn ornament? Depends what you'd pay for a lawn ornament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Cast iron with a thin steel face, welding on cast iron and wanting it to take impact is rather a forlorn hope with it being so thin. US$50 spent at a scrap yard will result in a much better item to hammer on. If you are willing to buy that as a hardy holder and a horn it will work for those tasks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kozzy Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 I do find some references to "Concordia Iron Woks" as a foundry around the turn of the century. It's not an anvil any more (or possibly ever). It's an anvil shaped object that has more historical value than anything else. At 50 bucks, I'd buy it to sell for $ 75 to the current company listed as a foundry in Concordia for use as a decoration or as a "donation" to get preserved in whatever museum handles Concordia history. The Concordia paper in 1922 reports the city owed J.H. Tieking money for the labor to install 2 lamp posts But the paper also says in 1937: "William J. Tieking, well known Concordia man, died suddenly, Saturday evening, while at work at his Blacksmith Shop on North Cedar Street. Mr. Tieking had been seriously ill a short time ago but had improved and was at work Saturday, when he collapsed. His death occurred almost immediately, presumably from a heart attack. He was 60 years of age. Mr. Tieking was born at Flush, Kansas, Feb. 24, 1877. When a small child his parents died and he was cared for by relatives. He came to Concordia 21 years ago and had been engaged in the blacksmithing business ever since. He was married Feb. 19, 1922, to Mary Kunkel, of Concordia. To this union four children were born, two preceding him in death. Surviving are his widow, a stepdaughter, Mrs. Kathryn Ketch, an adopted son, Harold and two sons, Theodore and William. Also surviving are two half brothers, Louis Getz, of Manhattan, and John Tieking." Note that a brother is J. Tieking and that might imply it was made for/by him at the WJT blacksmith shop. That's just some quick superficial research. It's interesting to the local area as a historical object but not an anvil that you'd want to purchase for use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Bird Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Do you still have this Tieking anvil? I'm interested. John Bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusanB Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 That is my great grandfather's. Are you willing to sell it? He did a lot of fancy cast iron work (hand rails at opera house) as well as basic things like sewer covers. p.s. JH=John Henry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 The original post was in 2016, and the OP has not visited the forum since 2017. You might try looking in the Kansas City phone book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George N. M. Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 Susan, welcome aboard from 7500' in SE Wyoming. Glad to have you. Or, since this is the 21st century, and phone books are a shadow of their former selves, I would try Spokeo in addition to the phone book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 Another possibility would be to send the OP a PM (Message) here and he may get an email letting him know he has a message, I can't control the wind, all I can do is adjust my sail’s. Semper Paratus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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