Finally found a decent anvil. Its an unmarked antique primitive nohorn.  It has a strange oval shaped hardy/pritchel hole. It has a chip or two but I dont plan to refinish it so it doesnt lose any value.  I cant find a name or weight on it but it doesnt matter to me. The price was right and it was local. No telling how many times i have stumped my toe on it in my woodshed. 

I used it a bit tonight and it was really pretty sweet. Its actually way better than my RR track.

How heavy is it?  Now you only have to set it up right and all will be fine !...

Looks like a big ol’ sledgehammer head. Set on end, it should work well. 

57 minutes ago, TimberBull said:

It has a strange oval shaped hardy/pritchel hole.

It's the hole the handle went in..

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I'd hate to have to swing that hammer

 

Easy 10 Kg ... will do a nice anvil for now if you can secure it well to a stump in a vertical position. You can get back at it for the bruises on your toes ...

A 22 lb hammer would be a beast and good anvil.

Good find,   the rest will be envious about your hardy hole.  Use it in good health. 

Mount that thing the other way, up and down and you'll do better with it.  It's a good start!

I have become so sarcastic in my old age i was like this person is joking then i was like new member they are serious

Some of you guys take yereself too serious. 

I found another anvil. Somebody musta put a stick in this one. 

Anvil on one end, horn or fuller on the other. 

I have two of those: a 12 pounder and a 16 pounder my son likes to strike with — he calls it “The Mastadon”.

(That’s a ~30 oz. cross peen for scale.)

I need to weigh mine on a bathroom scale just for sport.  My dad was man enough to swing those as long as necessary. Me not so much. 

They did not put a stick in it. It was left out so long that a tree grew up through it. 

I was going to comment that that is not a hardy hole or a pritchel hole since it is on the side of the anvil; it's obviously a "handling hole"!