john_zxz Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Hello everyone Is there someone who can help me identify the brand of this anvil please? It looks like the first word is crafted but the rest i can't read it. It is not mine. Only an anvil on an ad. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Hammer Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 That's one of the best anvil stands I've ever seen! Did you do the carving? Sorry, I have no info on this anvil but there are more knowledgeable people on her that might know. If that carving on the anvil stand had duplicated the carving on the anvil stand in the actual carving, technically that picture would have went on forever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_zxz Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 Hahaha that would have been awesome then! It is not mine though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacksmith-450 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 John_zxz is a friend of mine. It's been 2 days that we browse the web to identify it. Nobody has a clue ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Why have you not posted better pictures---like with the flour trick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_zxz Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 This is not my anvil. The pictures are from an ad. I want to know the brand to get a better idea of it's true value before investing on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Well if you want to *use* it; you don't need to know the age or maker. All you need to know is the result of the ball bearing test and the ring test which with a picture of the face and the weight will give you the using status for that type of anvil. Like we used to do for many decades before Postman's book came out. Any brand of anvil can have gone through a structure fire and be soft and any brand of anvil can have a hidden crack in it. Pictures and maker's marks won't show those MAJOR types of defects. I have a "rare" brand anvil; it had the heel broken off and I paid about 30 cents a pound for it and use it for heavy hammering. I have "common brand" anvils and use them extensively. The weight, face condition, hardness and style control their usability not their maker or age. Of course I am a user not a collector and so am concerned with using factors and price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Agreed. Go look at it, test it for rebound(hardness of the faceplate) , and tap it with a hammer to check for any cracking/ delamination. If it checks out, and it meets your condition and price range - buy it. No need to worry about who made it, as all that does is gives someone else time to swoop in on it. I know anvils are not super abundant up in the Great White North, so if it is priced right you better not hesitate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 And also Agreed; if it is publically for sale, the half life of a "good deal" on an anvil can be measured in hours if not minutes. You generally need your cash to hand and get them to agree to hold it for you as you are on your way with the cash! Private sales can be a bit more leisurely; but I've know them to be lost through others learning of it and either telling the owner to jack up the price to outrageous levels or buy it out from under you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacksmith-450 Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 To evaluate the price and the condition there is no problem. I used TPAAAT quite often! In this case it is really the curiosity to know the maker.... Personally I guess it's a Mousehole or Wilkinson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 I can't get either of those names in the stampings shown; but as England had over 200 anvil manufacturers many of them make quite similar looking anvils. (having learned the craft in other anvil manufacturers shops...), there are a lot of other choices out there. Hmm could the second? line be Warranted? If so most likely not Mousehole as according to Postman's "Mousehole Forge" the stampings that used Warranted had a lot of lines more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_zxz Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 I just figured out the brand stamped on it. It is a Henry Van Wart Best Scrap warranted anvil. I saw on another anvil the same stamp but more readable. Thanks for your help anyway. I don't need this anvil. I was only curious of what brand it is. Thomas, It was when you mentioned Warranted that I was able to do a better research on google. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Looks like a crack developing where the heel weld lined up with a face section weld. Just be sure to do your heavy hitting over the sweet spot and give some thought to making a "remote" hardy hole I keep finding heavy scrap with them built in already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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