jlblohm Posted March 18, 2018 Posted March 18, 2018 It weighs 200lbs and has no markings at all. Quote
jlblohm Posted March 18, 2018 Author Posted March 18, 2018 Even if you know of any pictures similar to this in anyones collections i would appreciate you sharing them. Quote
the iron dwarf Posted March 18, 2018 Posted March 18, 2018 nice looking anvil, the slot is to take tooling. on a visit to the tyzack works in sheffield a few years ago I seen many similar anvils, mostly with several slots Quote
jlblohm Posted March 18, 2018 Author Posted March 18, 2018 I have scoured the internet looking for something with some similarities and i have only found a couple and they only had minor things in common and none of them were close enough to say they were same make or even close to the same area of manufacturing. The ones you seen in Sheffield how similar were they? Was it just the dovetail they had in common or the whole body and horn? Its not a huge deal if i dont find anything in the same ballpark but it would be nice. Alan Longmire from bladesmithsforum.com says he knows of one very similar but is unable to get any pictures. The one he knows of has an octagon groove in it for making gun barrels. I still have to go and get it. Its about a thousand miles away but i think it is worth every penny i have into it so far not including the trip to get it. I paid $750 for it. Its 200lbs. Im going to get it the weekend of april 12th. When i get it home i will have a whole lot more pictures. Quote
Fatfudd Posted March 19, 2018 Posted March 19, 2018 Its a cutler's anvil and there are many different variations. A fellow on ebay had a very similar one for sale for several months. The anvil fire gallery has one that has a few more slots for tooling. If you look on youtube for Alfred Craven Sheffield knife maker (Blade forger) you can see a cutlers' anvil in action. if you do a google search for iforgeiron cutlers anvil you'll find more like this- Quote
jlblohm Posted March 19, 2018 Author Posted March 19, 2018 I know about the cutlers anvil im interested about learning more. I have started a cutlers anvil thread on bladesmithsforum.com with a compilation of cutlers anvils i have found interesting. https://www.bladesmithsforum.com/index.php?/topic/36866-cutlers-anvil/ Quote
jlblohm Posted March 21, 2018 Author Posted March 21, 2018 Can anyone give me a region of manufacturing. I know an anvil of this age is hard to figure out what it is exactly. All im looking for is english, or south german or something. Quote
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