sirhc37 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Hi there - first time post. I recently purchased a 90 pound trenton anvil with the following markings: - L91 (weight i assume? Bathroom scale puts it at 90 pounds) - U.S.A. - SOLIDWROT - A4850 I know that seems like a low digit serial number, but the more i look at the spacing and the depth of indentation, I think its correct. From the little I've found it appears to be an early anvil. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Frog Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 could you post pics of the side logo stamp and also of the serial number? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Black Frog Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Thanks for the pics! Yes this is a quite early Trenton. The vertical "SOLID WROT" is typical of this early serial range. AIA indicated 1899 date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc37 Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 17 hours ago, sirhc37 said: first time post. Welcome to IFI... Have you read this yet? It will help you get the best out of the forum. https://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/53873-read-this-first/ Pretty good looking Trenton you have there. Where in the world is it located? Have you read about not grinding, milling or welding on the hardened face? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc37 Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 Hey there - thanks for the welcome. I did read that, thank you for the link. The anvil lives here with me in Boise, Idaho... I'll update my profile shortly. I have read about caring for the hardened face, appreciate the tip. I'm early in my stages of tool collecting and shop set up, currently I work too much and have too many little kids to spend much meaningful time out there! Hopefully in a few years when things slow down a little (i know, right... ha!) I'll have a decent start to playing with some hot metal. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Make them little kids, little wooden anvils & hammers get them to hammering on play dough or modeling clay. Never too young to start learning hammer control. 12 hours ago, sirhc37 said: too many little kids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 I have a couple of commercial 2 and 4 oz ballpeens and some "shop class made" paper weight anvils and had the grandkids hammering on thick no lead plumbing solder while their parents were at the forge one Thanksgiving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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