here is a poor abused Anvil that's at a small local auction this week... a sad sight to see how someone could do this... beat almost to smithereens and it's still getting bids !!

Ah, another "rare step-faced anvil".

If it is a wrought iron body it may be getting bids for just the material

I'm not sure... but it kinda looks like a early Fisher I have with the extra material under the heel and the cutout between the rear feet..

As my grand daughter would say, " It has an 'owie'"

Steve

Didn't the cast iron bodied Badger's have that swell too?

20 hours ago, ThomasPowers said:

Didn't the cast iron bodied Badger's have that swell too?

its possible ?? I don't know for sure what it is.. but the auction is up tonight in about an hour and it is at $100.00 right now and 10% fees and 6% sales tax so $117.26 right now !!

OK: Anvils in America shows a advertisement for Badger anvils with the swell beneath the hardy hole and a cut out beneath it in the foot.   Looks like that one is a Badger!

yes I was looking too and I agree with you !! looks like a Badger !!

it just sold at $120.10 total with fees and tax !!

Wow. That anvil has seen better days! Did it give any more info when you looked them up? Did they have wrought iron bodies? I'm just curious at this point. Anvils are expensive, no doubt, but that seems like a bit to pay for one that has little function as is. 

Cast iron with steel face much like the Vulcan

Oh, I see. I have an old Fisher that is the same, cast body with steel face. Little bit better shape, however haha. 

Would a wrought anvil body ever chip like this one has? I would have assumed cast iron body at the first glance and considered it a very expensive doorstop. A solid piece of worougt iron could have its uses as stock for something.

You can chip an anvil made from butter under certain circumstances!  But that one looks like cast iron failure rather than wrought iron failure.