Do anyone know what are these signs on my anvil

To me it seems 8 FEP

A few more pictures of the mystery anvil, possibly provenience, country of origin, dimensions, brand, language to name a few

I think there was a guy from Italy asking about his FEP anvil a while ago ... Not sure, 

FEP = Front end processor / Federal employee program / Fast Exchange Paradigm / FABRIKA ELEKTROPROIZVODA-FEP

 

This is a 110 pund  Italian (i think cast steel) anvil that a machinist gave me for free, he said that his grandfather used it to forge anchor destinated to small ships.

I found out in some italian forums that fep was a premium quality italian manufacturer, but i can't find a single information about FEP , nobody else remember them. 

 

The 8 number represent the 110 pound/50 kilo version.

 

I also found under the anvil what appears to be a serial number or mybe year of production ,i don't know.

This anvil is hard as a rock,ball baring bounce almost 100% and the ring is so loud that it hurts my hears, edges are fine,but the surface is pretty beat up.

I was asking about all the chisel or butcher marks that the body ofthis anvil is covered of.

Sorry for bad English as you can tell i'm italian.

Nice anvil. Never mind the marks on the face, don't even think of grinding it flat. Just working on it will make it better slowly, depend what you do. 

Anchors forging! Wow, I would have liked to see that. You would expect the anvil to be much larger even for small anchors ... who knows!

His grandfather's striker must have been one eyed, so many missed hit!

The marks on the side of the anvil are intriguing.  It was a bad habit to test the temper of chisels on the side of the anvil but those marks are rather dull and resemble more peen hammer marks than chisel ... (?)

So Italian manufacturer? The other thread says it may have been Serbian. 

Whatever it is it will serve you well. What do you make, or intend to make?

 

1 hour ago, Giaxx25 said:

i'm italian

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small knifes ,tongs,bottle openers, keychains and so on.(mainly small items)

About the anvil i' m pretty sure it should be italian, i have found online a few other fep anvils here in italy and if i am not wrong the guy in the other topic said he found it in italy.

 

 

Thank you both for the answers.

Should have thought of using Google Italy. if you google "Incudine FEP" a few hits there.  

I've done it already, but no information on FEP ,just name size and price, fep 3 the smaller version, fep 5 77 pounds, fep 8 110pound, fep 11 176 pound, fep 13 ???.

The strsnge thing is that this manufacturer have seem to be disappeared, no one know a thing about them ,no documents online , this his pretty sad , the only thing they left is anvils.

How old do you think this anvils are?

I don't know ,if the guy's grandfather used it maybe 30/40 years. Under my anvil i've found 3 numbers:

-79 (perhaps 1979)

-7 (serial Number)

-8 version of the anvil.

I'm not sure.

On 2/11/2019 at 7:24 AM, Giaxx25 said:

I've done it already, but no information on FEP ,just name size and price, fep 3 the smaller version, fep 5 77 pounds, fep 8 110pound, fep 11 176 pound, fep 13 ???.

The strsnge thing is that this manufacturer have seem to be disappeared, no one know a thing about them ,no documents online , this his pretty sad , the only thing they left is anvils.

Can you please share the pricelist you found? Have you idea of the material used for those FEP Anvils?

Hi everyone i'm Italian i live in Aviano, north east Italy were a USAF base is located. An old man i know was trying to sell his anvil FEP 12 and when i almost give up my research i found this link about old Italian anvil factories. I will keep my research and if i find something new, i mean something old, i will let you know. 

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://museodellincudinedisanmartino.wordpress.com/principali-marchi-italiani/&ved=2ahUKEwj-0uCH54-BAxV0RvEDHZpzDx4QFnoECCEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0wS912UtcZUcfxrdJI-M8l

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Welcome aboard Marzio, glad to have you. If you put your general location in the header you'll have a better chance of meeting up with members living within visiting distance. And Yes, we have a number of Italian members.

Thank you for the link, I just spent about 15 happy minutes reading through it. 

Frosty The Lucky.

On 2/10/2019 at 8:41 PM, Giaxx25 said:

This is a 110 pund  Italian (i think cast steel) anvil that a machinist gave me for free, he said that his grandfather used it to forge anchor destinated to small ships.

I found out in some italian forums that fep was a premium quality italian manufacturer, but i can't find a single information about FEP , nobody else remember them. 

 

The 8 number represent the 110 pound/50 kilo version.

 

I also found under the anvil what appears to be a serial number or mybe year of production ,i don't know.

This anvil is hard as a rock,ball baring bounce almost 100% and the ring is so loud that it hurts my hears, edges are fine,but the surface is pretty beat up.

I was asking about all the chisel or butcher marks that the body ofthis anvil is covered of.

Sorry for bad English as you can tell i'm italian.

 

 

Hi Irondragon, I've been canoeing in Jacks Fork about 30 years ago, loved it. 

Hi Frosty, i thank you guys for the hospitality, i was just searching for more informations bout this darn company that seems to be disappeared before 1972. I found documents from the Senate of the Italian Republic citing Fonderie Elettriche O. Pracchi but these documents are 200, 400 and even more pages of politiches that may tell that FEP have got government grants in a critical moment for the company. I found a document from Region Lombardy, in which Milano is the main city, that talks about environmental remediation of the ex site of FEP in 2005. I found a someone selling a FEP 8 anvil for 999 €, but that's it. 

The guy i was trying to help selling is anvil had this beautiful old apparently 100 kg perfect FEP 12. 

We also tried with a ball bearing 2 cm sphere and it returns almost at the same height and the sound is very high, like a diapason. Well the old guy, he turned 91 last week, he's afraid to die and was in hurry and sold it to his grandchild for 500 €. I'm so disappointed because he could probably had make more money out of it. 

 

 

 

I get you Marzio but the man kept his anvil in the family and got some return money for it. Hopefuly his grandson(?) will use it rather than decorate the the garden or front porch with it. 

Frosty The Lucky.

What an interesting anvil. Sorry I have no information to add on it but it looks like a good usable anvil.