Chelonian Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 I have an anvil made by Royds Works, and I'm curious if anyone else owns one or has seen one. When looking for other examples on the internet I did not find any. I do not believe the maker is mentioned in AIA. The shape of it really closely resembles many Mousehole anvils, so perhaps it was an off-shoot of Mousehole and was either a small shop or only seldomly made anvils. This one is 173lbs and has a punched pritchel hole, so it was likely made post 1830. If any one owns one, I'd love to see a photo of it! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Nice looking anvil. Uh . . . the name brings too many things to mind that'd get me edited by a moderator so I'm just going to stop typing now. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Postman has said that he has identified *many* English anvil makers since AiA was published; why don't you contact him directly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 I'm thinking it was made for a specific customer that wanted their shop name stamped in it. The Cwt leads me to believe it was made in the UK. and very well could be a Mouse Hole. The name above it looks like ER Haurrig, have you gone down that rabbit hole search? No matter who made it, if it passes the ring & rebound test it will make an excellent shop anvil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelonian Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share Posted April 22, 2021 Thomas: I likely will contact Postman directly at some point, but I just thought I would ask here first. Irondragon: I think the name on the first line is either "ER LAURRIGG", or "ER HAURRIGG" I did not really find anything about either name. However, it is a very nice anvil to use regardless. I think the anvil was made by (rather than for) Royds Works because I found this entry on the Sheffield History forum: "John Hatthronthwaite Winder Merchant and steel, file, anvil &c. manufacturer Royds Works" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 That pretty much cinches it that Royds Works was the manufacture, but you already knew that from several threads I found on IFI. One thread even, I replied with some info I found but totally forgot about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stash Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Frosty- I think I need to back off too. We get the mods upset, that would be Royd rage. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 They could definitely get annoyd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anachronist58 Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Would that not be a Froydian conflation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Classic advertising! Royds---it's all the rage! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnut Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Or, "If you've got an itch for quality you will love Royds." Pnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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