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Unbelievable way to Find a Peter Wright


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As I was cutting off a piece of tubing in my vise, it rolled way under my bench. I had to get down with a light and when I did I thought, "What's that piece of rolled up carpet in the back against the wall?"  I tugged it out and there was the anvil as seen in the last three photos.  I don't remember when I stuffed it under there but it had to be 45 years ago or more because I took it when we cleaned out my dads' basement after he passed away which was about the time we moved into this house.

Today I wire brushed it off and found it to be an old Peter Wright.  However, I'm wondering its age and what the weight is showing. I thought it was 95 lbs but I don't think it is.  The face is very flat but does have some damage at the back edges as seen.  I dropped a ball bearing on it and the rebounding sound was music to my ears.

The first two pics are of a very nice Hay-Budden I bought recently.

 

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That’s a cool way to find an anvil right under your nose the whole time, 

I can’t make out that second digit but I think it’s a 2 so if it is then 0-2-5 would make it 61 pounds, but you might throw it on a bathroom scale an find out for sure,

as for the age, Peter Wright anvils with the England stamp we’re made after 1910 

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