Glenn Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 The hammer head can be moved horizontally to work on the left or right side of a long anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 I own the Fisher anvil from a Blacker Powerhammer; I had picked up the anvil and was wondering about the inset on the side and so the next Quad-State I asked Richard Postman about it and he burst out laughing and told me to look a couple vendors up from where he was and there was a Blacker with the anvil with the inset. I learned that the inset was so there was a section of the face edge where the hammer and the anvil edged lined up exactly, the rest the hammer would hit in from the edge by an inch or so. Being able to traverse the head from side to side in use allowed you to choose which area to use. Note the double hardy holes allowing you to use multiple or large tooling. (Mine came from a RR maintenance shop. When it closed the smith got the anvil to take home and I got it from him.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan P. Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Why would a Blacker have a fisher anvil? I've used Blackers in the past, the traversing head and the simpler helve style. They have a lot of personality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusb Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Only the ones made in New York City Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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