John09040 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 I was just going to show a few anvils I picked up over the last year all in my area. It goes to show what you can find if you just ask most of the better ones I have purchased are from conversations about other things and just ask hey do you know anyone with any blacksmith anvils for sale? The last time I showed a few on here the thread got deleted wasn't trying to advertise as I have none for sale. But here you go.Trenton 400lb lived its life in Huntington WV B&O Railroad blacksmith shop.400 Hay Budden Also from Southern Pacific Railroad shop Huntington WV the blacksmith retired and the company delivered it to his house as a gift and I was very lucky to acquire it from his 80yr old little brother. It sat on a farm since 1970 on a huge 1" thick plate steel stand that weighs prob 400lb. 350lb Fisher I bought from a guy 10mi down the road from my home was sitting in a old building was the grandfathers anvil and they no longer had a use for it. 160 Hay Budden came out of a old coal mine general store Beckley WV.Fisher 200 took in on a trade for a junk truck young man didn't know what a anvil was until I showed him a pic of one said yea theres one in the garage of this house I bought. 140 Peter Wright another just ask out of the blue and yea I have one I will sell you.Hay Budden 140 bought from a scrap dealer Hay Budden 138 same scrap dealer Arm Hammer 150 a guy answers a add on FB and said I have one for sale. Brooks 170 from local antique dealer. Arm Hammer 100 from guy answer a add. Arm Hammer 135 antique dealer. Trenton 140 from scrap dealer. Arm Hammer 124 from scrap dealer. Vulcan 300 from scrap dealer. And photo of some together with 300 Peter Wright and Arm Hammer 186 from scrap dealer. Once again none are currently for sale just trying to show some pretty steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Now I know what happened to all the anvils that aren't in Alaska! Those are some nice iron. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Hammer Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Nice anvils. Do you intend to use them or do you just collect them? Just wondering since I didn't see any forging equipment around in the pictures. They sure are nice to look at. Thanks for sharing the pictures with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John09040 Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 17 hours ago, Frosty said: Now I know what happened to all the anvils that aren't in Alaska! Those are some nice iron. LOL I sell some of them and keep the nicer ones for myself. Sometimes I make enough after say selling 10 of them to pay for me a nice one to keep. If I can make $100 on one I pick it up and eventually sell it. Sometimes I go a month and don't find any but sometimes I find several in a week. 2 hours ago, MC Hammer said: Thanks for sharing the pictures with us. Anytime I love every one of them I get but I have to sell most to keep making a little on each one. I meet some awesome people getting out and buying them My personal anvils is the two big ones and a 160 Hay Budden. I do some forging but unfortunately I had someone offer me too much for my forge so now I'm building a new one. Im not really a collector but I like Trentons and Hay Buddens so I have kept the nicer examples of those. What I find is in my area there are more Arm and Hammers than any other I guess the close proximity to Columbus OH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otisdog Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Southern Pacific Railroad was never in West Virginia....Southern Railway, perhaps? Nice pieces.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Perhaps the two way traffic between WV and OH... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Hammer Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 You certainly have a knack for finding anvils. I'm glad you are out rescuing them from their lives of seclusion and neglect. There's something to be said for that. Keep finding them, cleaning them up, and getting them out to people who want to put them back into service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John09040 Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 2 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: Perhaps the two way traffic between WV and OH... LOL I guess but at least a third of the anvils I find are Arm and Hammer and they are supposed to be a rare brand due to low production numbers but there everywhere in this area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pr3ssure Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I guess I’m not good at looking, I’m near the Morgantown are and couldbt find anything around here. Had to go to union town, PA to get my 161 lb Peter Wright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Nice bunch of iron there. Interested in that Brooks anvil with the name cast rather than stamped on the side. Is the body cast iron, with a steel plate attached to the top, or is the whole thing cast? I have an Australian anvil (Connelan, Brisbane) with a similar cast name. It's really an ASO with a ball earing bounce of about 40%. I would think a British made Brooks anvil would do better than that. Doesn't look like it's seen much work. Can you tell us more about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 There's some good info on Brooks anvils on this thread: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John09040 Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 2 hours ago, ausfire said: Nice bunch of iron there. Interested in that Brooks anvil with the name cast rather than stamped on the side. Is the body cast iron, with a steel plate attached to the top, or is the whole thing cast? I have an Australian anvil (Connelan, Brisbane) with a similar cast name. It's really an ASO with a ball earing bounce of about 40%. I would think a British made Brooks anvil would do better than that. Doesn't look like it's seen much work. Can you tell us more about it? It is a solid one piece cast steel anvil and it has a new home rebound was over 90%. I don't have any for sale currently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 19 hours ago, John09040 said: It is a solid one piece cast steel anvil and it has a new home rebound was over 90%. I don't have any for sale currently. OK, so my Kohlswa anvil has the name stamped (not cast) but it's cast steel too, right? It has a bounce of about 95%. I have a 300# Hay Budden too, but I don't know what description fits it. The bounce is OK but not as good as the K. Thanks for the link, John. Interesting to read Bruce Beamish's comments there. So many different anvils. Cast iron, cast steel, forged steel, wrought, etc etc. A science all of its own. Maybe I need to track down a copy of Mr. Postman's book, as he seems to be the authority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 The larger older anvils tended to be softer than the same brand's smaller ones. It is a side effect of the heat treat process and considered a feature as the larger ones were more likely to get team striking on them with sledgehammers and so a bit softer face was less likely to break under misstrikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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