Ironty Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Hi guys I’m new to the group and would love some assistance with figuring out this gorgeous old anvil that my son and I are going to use for forging knives instead of him playing video games. I’ll post a pic and hopefully you guys can assist with some information about this gorgeous old girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latticino Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Looks like a winner to me. The stand is amazing though. I'd trade you two anvils that size for that anvil and stand. How about a money shot of the anvil face (low angle, but still showing both edges)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironty Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 If any other pics are required let me know . Thanks guys . Your assistants is appreciated I’ll go out and take more pics . Any other angles you would like or need sir? And the stand is gorgeous. I’ll send pics of it too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rojo Pedro Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Yeah. What is that stand? Anvil looks nice too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironty Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 I hope that is sufficient The stand came with it so I’m not sure 18 minutes ago, Rojo. Pedro said: Yeah. What is that stand? Anvil looks nice too The elderly gentleman said they came together by rail when he was a boy so that’s all I’m going off of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Welcome to IFI... I suggest reading this to get the best out of the forum. https://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/48833-read-this-first/ Your Hay Budden looks like a keeper for sure. Have you read about doing no grinding, milling or welding on the face? What else do you want to know about it? The serial number on the foot under the horn would help with about when it was made. Looks like the stamped weight is 120 pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironty Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 I will read that promptly . I see a 126 for numbers on it . I wondering about age and truly should I weld up the face and grind it back to true for use . Thankyou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Do not grind, weld or mill the hardened steel face. More anvils have been ruined by doing that. You will have to lift the front feet out of the stand to see a serial number, should be stamped in the front of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironty Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironty Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 Hard to tell what’s going on for numbers there ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Hammer Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 I love that stand! That's got to be the coolest stand I've ever seen. Like others have said, don't grind or mill the surface of that nice anvil. I had one that was pretty rough and I just used water and a carborundum stone to lightly abrade the surface to bring it back to where it needed to be. I doubt I lost any measurable steel from the face and using water and good old hand power I didn't risk heating the surface up at all. There are some things that can't be fixed not even with 10 years of solid forging, but the more you forge hot metal on it the smoother the surface of the face will get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latticino Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 If I had to take a wild guess I can see the following scenario for how that stand came to be: Group of steelworkers on a bridge project back in the day of hot riveting the structure together. One of the project blacksmiths cracks his cast iron anvil stand and they have to rig something up out of cutoff parts. From all I can see it is held together completely by those lovely conical headed rivets and the one tie-bolt. Don't see a single weld. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotoMike Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 Latticino, Don't know if it is true or close to true, but it is the story I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironty Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 I’m a union Ironworker and really like your thought on the back in the rivet days scenario . There isn’t a weld on it anywhere and it’s so cool. I will take all of your advice on cleaning and treatment gentlemen. Thanks for your input it’s appreciated. I just have to figure out the serial number for some lineage for my inquisitive mind and build a forge and get to work with it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 You might try dusting some flour on the serial number and maybe you can decipher most of the stamping that way. Looks like a lot of chisel and punch testing went on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Hammer Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Latticino - I love your story on that stand and it seems very believable. I'd say that stand is a one of a kind for sure, but then again aren't all stands? I'd love to have that stand. OP better chain and lock the stand to something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironty Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 Hahaa!!! I’ve never seen one like that anywhere. And chaining it down isn’t necessary. One man can’t pick it up . I’ve tried and it’s just too heavy . Haha 21 hours ago, arkie said: You might try dusting some flour on the serial number and maybe you can decipher most of the stamping that way. Looks like a lot of chisel and punch testing went on there. Thanks for that . I’ll try the flour trick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Very Steampunk stand; have you though of adding some automotive under chassis lights to it for Christmas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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