December 29, 20178 yr I picked this up yesterday on the cheap, but I think it is very old. Any help with maker or age? No markings that I can find
January 3, 20188 yr Feet look old but the face/horn looks odd; does it ring? To me it looks a bit like someone welded a face on it and ring would be a good indicator of if it's a full penetration weld. Now if they ground down the face to get it that clean they have almost certainly ruined it.
January 3, 20188 yr How much does it weigh? What are the dimensions? Like Thomas said the face looks odd.
January 3, 20188 yr Author It weights right 105 lbs. It doesn't look like the face was milled or ground off. I'll get some better pics. The horn underneath looks very crudely forge welded on. A man whom I respect for his knowledge of colonial and older anvils suspects it was either an early American anvil made in Boston in the early 1700's or even older and used by the French near Detroit.
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