I bought this anvil recently and even though it was a little over $3.50 a pound, I couldn't pass it up.  It's in relatively good condition with good ring with no dead spots and almost 100% bounce using a 1.5" steel ball bearing from 12".  Does anyone have any idea who may have manufactured this beauty or any info that might help me identify it.  The guy I bought it from got it from an estate auction several years ago and was told it was 385lbs, but I haven't verified it.  It's 35" long x 14" tall.  It's ok to tell me if I took a bath on it, but the deal is done and I'm putting it to good use :-)

Thanks

Deke

 

I don't think you took a bath at all, $3.50 U.S. is about a fair rate now-a-days. I've worked on several just like that at ESSA but both were marked. One was a Refflinghaus Southern German style. If I remember the other was a Ridgid Peddinghaus. That style & weight new today would run $2500-$3000 for sure.

Thanks, my friend.  I have no idea of it's age or history, but the condition was what sold me.  Sure, there's a couple nicks on the edges, but nothing that would get in the way of my wild-xxxxx hammer.  Is it possible that some were marked on the underside?  Nothing on the castings, though.  Anyway, if anyone might give an educated guess, or whatever, I'd appreciate.

Thanks again.

Deke

 

I was doing some more close checking for some sort of identification, and so far as I can tell there is nothing stamped or engraved, not to say that rust may have obliterated  any ID.  However, I did find faded evidence of orange paint in some areas around the bottom edge of the mount area.  I know, not much to go on, but it's something that might give a clue if any manufacturers painted their anvils orange.

Deke