I notice the attempt to rapair on the square side, it shows somebody welded a square piece of steel probably to replace a broken end and a missing hardy hole.

Looks to be like a mouse hole anvil. You can tell by the feet. 

Yup, Frankensteined for sure, but the rest of it looks in good usable shape. 

You might find markings if you wire wheel the paint off. 

Looks like a cast Badger to me, the shape and semi-circular cut out on the feet below the HH are tell-tale.  Tail broken off and repaired obviously.  

Not a Mousehole -- it doesn't have the ridge down the underside of the horn. 

Note that there were probably more than 100 english anvil makers besides Mousehole who used that style of feet at some point in their history.

Check to see if the body is cast iron. (test the bottom where it doesn't show)

Vulcan maybe?

Thanks for all the quick replies and the help

hey Thomas Powers, how can i check on the bottom if is cast iron?

One of the first Fishers.. Got one like it ...  I thought mine was a Badger also until Josh ID it for me...

Forge on and make beautiful things 

Jim

Spark test and swarf test. Generally I'd add in the ring test but with that repair it's likely that the ring test wouldn't work.

Awesome! I will jim, almost finished on my forge proyect, probably this week.

thanks for the insight thomas, appreciated.

Should i remove the repaired part?

the hardy is no really dimensionally accurate and i don't think it would work as a working surface either.

I would leave it for now.  You can still wedge hardy tools in it. Although an offset hardy may work better.

You can (without modification) still use the hole for drifting and punching.  

It is a bit of an eye sore, but still has uses.

I know more than one person who has had to work their hardy hole square: file, chisel, band sander,....

  Reviving old post! Its alive!

i found another anvil, this one with a functional hardy and pritchel, my other anvil lost its tail to previous owner and even though they tried repairing it, its not quite the same, because has no real hardy or pritchel, and the tail is completely dead, any ways i might get this one soon, still trying to negotiate. Any ideas on who the maker is?

i though it might be french.

No clue on maker, although I suspect you might be correct on it being French: that hardy hole curving out to the side is pretty typical. If the price is right and the rebound is good, go for it.

I wish I knew more about Spanish anvils to know if they made a side hole one like the French did.

Good point, especially given the Spanish influence in Puerto Rico.

It has great rebound, id say it weights maybe 180, and im pushing to get it, found it in a house i was working, and its owner is a friend of the house which stored it there. So im waiting on this mystery owner to visit its friend and i might get to offer then.

No idea of the manufacturer Zeap but if it has good rebound and you can get it for a reasonable price I'd jump on it. I'm not one of the guys who really know anvils but I don't recall seeing one with a shoulder on both horns like that one has. I'm more used to seeing double horn anvils without a shoulder at all. That shape is making me think it was made for a purpose other than general forging. Of course I could be wrong, I'm used to it.

Frosty The Lucky. 

1 minute ago, Frosty said:

I don't recall seeing one with a shoulder on both horns like that one has.

I've seen one like that before, but I can't remember where.

On 12/14/2017 at 10:21 PM, Frosty said:

I don't recall seeing one with a shoulder on both horns like that one has. I'm more used to seeing double horn anvils without a shoulder at all.

They're relatively common on ebay in the UK so I'd hazard a guess at it being English, simply because there aren't that many imported anvils in the UK as we had so many home grown manufacturers. I know where there is an identical one rusting away in someone's garden about 50' from the sea.

Thanks for all the feedback and insight to everyone as always

great news!

got is for 60 dollars

rings like a bell and rebound as is, with rough surface appears to be at the least 65/70 percent.

I gave the anvil a good steel brushing with the grinder. This is how it looks now. I revealed what i thing is a letter “i” and a number 1 and a 2, i do not understand the hundred weight scale i think is displaying, any one have any hint on this? Regarding the image?

Close inspection i see a J and L

and hundred weight numbers

2 - 0 - ?