January 12, 20206 yr Hi all. This being my first post, please be gentle I bought the pictured anvil as a Bradford and Kendall 314lb from a yard sale in Ipswich QLD. Which is about 2 hours drive inland from Brisbane. Went there to buy an old dining table. After looking through some old post on the BK anvils I am thinking mine is not as the only markings are the weight stamps and it has no lugs. What do you guys think? It is a great anvil either way and the rebound is around 75% with a nice quiet ring.
January 12, 20206 yr Welcome to IFI! If you haven't yet, please READ THIS FIRST!!!! Nice looking anvil, regardless of maker.
January 12, 20206 yr Author JHCC. It is a nice one and very good to forge on. I may have posted to soon as I found this https://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/64219-306lbs-anvil-identification/ not long after. Could it be? Looks very simpler, might just be wishful thinking through.
January 12, 20206 yr A very good looking anvil, although I don't think it's a B&K due to not having the mounting lugs like the Fisher anvils. Here is another thread on the B&K although the pictures were lost in a forum upgrade it is still a lot of interesting info on them. As far as a Peter Wright, I don't see the tell tale ledge across both feet, but could be one made by someone who worked for PW and struck off on their own. Still a very good anvil. Here is a thread with pictures of the B&K. I found 7 threads using Google and adding iforgeiron.com to the search term. https://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/41521-someone-got-a-bargain/
January 15, 20206 yr Author Zozon. Just a few chisel marks. There are a few punch marks as well. Toowoomba the town I got the anvil from used to have a big railway workshop. The anvil may have come from there. Or any number of railway workshops in western QLD. All I know is that there is a world of difference forging on it compared to forging on my lighter anvil you can see in the back ground. The extra mass really dose make a difference.
January 15, 20206 yr 52 minutes ago, Goundry Forge said: I like chisel marks, every time a blacksmith makes a chisel, an ax or any other tool he hits the base of anvil with it ... if it makes a mark it's tempered well. Chisel marks means that anvil has been used by professionals, every new owner should be proud of chisel marks!
January 15, 20206 yr Zozon, you might want to edit your post to remove the quote. This thread explains using the quote feature. The quote feature
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