April 5, 20188 yr So I bought this nice old anvil yesterday ( only having looked at a blurry picture on the Dutch equivalent of Craigslist). Turned out to be quite the gem hidden underneath a pound of oily mud. So I came here to ask for some advice on Identifying and cleaning. Lets start of with the only thing I could read 1882, which I guess is the year of production. For those wondering about the paint stripes, they are spaced 10 cm apart so I guess they were used for rough measuring. The next identificatier I found was this stamp on the upsetting block. The letters are unreadable to me but there is clearly an anchor in the middle. Next is the size of it. It was advertised as 180kg (400lbs) but me and my dad couldn't manage to get it an inch where as we easily walk around with a 330 lbs one. The seller thought it the 180 kg on accounts of the only readable part 18 (82). it is 90cm (35inch) long tip to tip , 15cm (6 inch) across and 34cm (13inch) high. It has handling holes and this hole. In the bottom. (I don't know how indicative that is?) It rings loud and clear and is quite lively under the hammer (don't have a ballbearing at hand). it looks very similar to https://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/50450-north-german-anvil-identity/ but without the pitcher hole. So any help in identifying the anvil would be appreciated and in the meantime I will be of finding a bigger tree stump then the one I had laying around...
April 5, 20188 yr That's most likely an S&H anvil. Nice stuff, one of my favorite brands. A good wire brushing might reveal better details of the stamp marks.
April 5, 20188 yr Author Makes topografical sense, seeing as Hagen is less then a 100 miles from where I bought it. Gonna spend some serious time brushing this weekend.
April 5, 20188 yr Good score. (I know that was an understatement, but I don't think my fingers are capable of typing anything that wouldn't be.)
April 5, 20188 yr Your anvil was made by Carl Schlasse in Milspe ( now part of Ennepetal ). The mark is an anchor surrounded by "GEDENKE MEIN C SCHLASSE" Gedenke mein: remember me. Willy
April 16, 20188 yr Author Thank you everybody for helping me. First of all I got it cleaned up, installed and initiated in my shop. She works like a charm and I am certain that she is going to outlive me. And Wicon you were right. On 5-4-2018 at 11:19 PM, wicon said: Your anvil was made by Carl Schlasse in Milspe ( now part of Ennepetal ). The mark is an anchor surrounded by "GEDENKE MEIN C SCHLASSE" Gedenke mein: remember me. Willy
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