Dano83 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Buddy of mine picked this anvil up from a farm. Missing the horn but good usable space on it. Can't tell what it says on the side, might have to chalk paper it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 From a website called iforgeiron: Wilkinson Anvil's are of British manufacture. From "Anvils in America" Richard Postman notes that there were up to four (4) different Wilkinson companies/shops in the Dudley/Birmingham area making anvils. And at least two of these companies were exporting to the U.S. Probably Joshua Wilkinson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Just now, ThomasPowers said: From a website called iforgeiron: That sounds like a really interesting website. I should check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano83 Posted July 12, 2017 Author Share Posted July 12, 2017 Ha, I told him to share a cup of tea with it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Actually tannic acid is a rust preventer; if the anvil is scrubbed down to raw iron and then soaked in very strong tea it should come out sort of a purple/blue/black colour... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou L Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Thomas, I can't help but think you know this from anecdotal AND personal experience. My question is this: Why did you desire to have a purple anvil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dano83 Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 2 minutes ago, Lou L said: Thomas, I can't help but think you know this from anecdotal AND personal experience. My question is this: Why did you desire to have a purple anvil? Ya know... I was thinking the same thing, would be kinda neat to see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thief_Of_Navarre Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 I was kinda thinking it might be like a tempering purple than a my-little- pony purple, but if that's what it takes to keep your stuff safe from thieves who am I to argue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 13, 2017 Share Posted July 13, 2017 Actually it was from an experiment decades ago on early medieval pattern welding. "The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England" H.R.Ellis Davidson listed a series of possible ways to develop the patterns in a pattern welded blade and besides selective rusting in salt water they mentioned tannic acid from peat bogs. Not having a peat bog handy, I remembered a chemistry experiment where we boiled a pound of tea for an hour and then extracted the caffeine and went an purchased the lowest quality black tea I could find. Boiled it up and left a pattern welded leaf shaped spear head soaking in it overnight. In the morning I removed in and it was covered with black fuzz. "Well that was a dud" I thought walking to the sink but when I washed it the fuzz slipped off leaving the pattern visible in various shades of blue/purple/black. I later ran across a cite on experiments in using tannic acid as a rust preventer in one of the old ASM manuals IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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