March 6, 20188 yr Hi everyone ! Just wanted to share a really beautiful and tuff anvil I recently picked up here in Pennsylvania. Its a near perfect condition 500# Fisher made for the Blacker power hammer. This one is dated 1928 with SN# 469 173. Its had an easy 90 year life as it looks mint.
March 7, 20188 yr Wow! That thing is a beast! Nice find, its in outstanding shape. Do you have the matching hammer to complete the set?
March 9, 20188 yr Author New photos tomorrow. No I don't have the matching power hammer, they were made in England so they are quite rare here. Especially a functional one, seen a few though.
March 9, 20188 yr I made an insert for one of my hardy holes to take it from 1.5 to 1" so my "regular" hardys fit: two nesting pieces of sq tubing that fit the hardy hole with the diagonals cut an inch of so down and the tabs folded to 90 deg. I also am making hardy tooling that fits the 1.5" holes by buying old top tools with mushroomed striking ends and grinding off the mushroom and forging the eyes down to fit the 1.5" holes---my large screwpress is great for truing up the sides at the end so they will drop in cleanly!
March 10, 20188 yr I'd forge out a side shelf and it would become my main anvil.. It's a gorgeous beast. I can't resist any longer, What ya pay for it??? Lots of good stuff still out there.
March 10, 20188 yr Author No I haven't, from what ive found so far it seems like the numbers by the cutout indicate weight / number made. Found another 1928 like mine and our numbers are close. 469 / 173 488 / 151 From what ive gathered so far taking with Josh at the fisher museum. The earliest know fisher blacker is 1920 & latest 1935. Based off sn# Fisher didn't make many, less than 200 by 1928. So guessing maybe less than 500 total. Still looking for more dates and numbers.
March 10, 20188 yr Fisher also produced some unmarked Blacker anvils it seems. Those would be later ones, similar to later unmarked London pattern Fishers. Guessing mid-1940s timeframe
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.