mike k Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Can anyone tell me the approximate rockwell hardness of a 1922 350 lb soderfors anvil ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 More likely to get a ball bearing test result here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 Welcome aboard Mike, glad to have you. If you'll put your general location in the header you might be surprised how many of the gang live within visiting distance. Have you tried a new single cut file on it? Just draw it across the face it should skate or almost. Soderfors anvils run around rc 60 + 2-4. Does she have a model name? It'd be the opposite the side with Soderfors cast proud. I have a 125 lb. Soderfors, Sorceress #5 born in 1923. Best anvil I've ever used. I can only fantasize about owning one as large as yours. Mine will do anything I ask but it gets a little jittery jumpy doing heavy work. 350 lbs. would be a SWEET shop anvil. Is she LOUD? Mine was brutally loud under a missed strike till I put her on a steel anvil stand. Please post some pictures, we LOVE pictures and I'd be happy to use your's as pinups. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike k Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 Thanks Frosty I purchased the anvil about 18 months ago but have only just set her up in my new shop. I'm a farriery so most of the work is light work but what a difference compared to my cast iron BK anvil which is about 350 lbs also. The soderfors anvil is a far superior anvil . I will do the ballbearing test and post some pics of her asap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Mike, congrats on your anvil.. Pics for sure??? Out of curiosity, Why the question about hardness? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 I bet it's because this is the first time he's worked on a really deeply hard anvil. The efficiency is astounding. I still remember the first time I used mine. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike k Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 Yes frosty you are right . I have a 70 lb cliff carol cast iron anvil I use daily. My work shop anvil was a BK cast iron anvil before that a old wrought iron forged anvil. I made some shoes on the söderfors anvil and I was amazed at the difference . I did the ball bearing test today 100% rebound. I was just curious how hard the anvil was in compassion to the Kohlswa forged anvil. I'm having trouble posting pictures not very good with computers. As soon as I sort it out I will post them. cheers from Australia Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tubalcain2 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Gorgeous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Wow, a huge Congrats.. Very Envious.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Yep, that's a lovely anvil. I can see Frosty drooling. (P.S. Well, not quite 100% rebound, Mike; unless you have perpetual motion! I reckon my Kohlswa comes back at about 95%) Interesting looking shop too. Could you post more pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike k Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 Yes I agree . I video it then played it back freezing the frames, but I think as the bearing bounced it moved closer to the camera which probably made it look higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlpservicesinc Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Frosty isnt the only one.. drooling that is.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 95% is fairly common for Swedish steel anvils. Not that you would expect anything less from the worlds greatest anvils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Be kind to the edges! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Ooooooooo...... It is stamped "Danemora". Me like. My Soderfors: A beat up 88 Pounder (but nice!) & A 157# 1906. So fine. Robert Taylor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike k Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 I could never work out what it said thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike k Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 screen shots of ball bearing test from 10" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Hey, no further comment from Frosty yet! He's probably too busy pinning up those photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike k Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 I'm surprised at the interest and kind replies about the anvil. This is the first time I have ever posted anything on a forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Its easy to be nice to a guy with a giant soderfors. At least for most of us. JHCC probably wants to kill you in you sleep from anvil envy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Only if it were that size of Mousehole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Easy John, your envy is showing. Don't worry though, those of us who own a Soderfors anvil are used to it. That's a beautiful anvil Mike though I can't open the screen shots you posted. <sigh> Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueGeek Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 That is a very nice looking anvil. My 1928 168lb Soderfors has amazing rebound. I filmed it in slow motion and I would say it is at least 95% rebound if not more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike k Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 I will have to do the test again. The results I'm getting are defying the laws of physics, hence the screen shots, 95%+/- is the figure everybody quoting so assume this anvil is the same. But at the end of the day it's irrelevant all you have to do is work on it and you can feel the difference. At the moment I haven't got my shop set up, I just put the anvil, vice and stump in and sat my old gas fire on top of the coal forge. I need to make a flue for the coal fire, it's good enough for now to work machine made shoes and shoe a few horses that I have come to me. I hope to have it all finished by the end of the year as next year I plane to work mainly from home shoeing and up skill in general blacksmithing . I have just picked up a 9 ton screw fly press which I have been fixing up. I have no experience with using one, I'm looking foreword to playing with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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