Flashburn Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 I’m hoping someone can help me identify this Anvil. Any information that might point me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. The markings might say something works? then under that maybe Pittsburgh? 135. It measures 21”long x 4”wider 10” tall. I did try to weigh it and it’s pretty close to 135 pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Welcome aboard Flashburn, glad to have you. If you'll put your general location in the header you'll have a better chance of hooking up with members living within visiting distance. The flash on your camera/phone is reflecting directly back into the lens glaring out the details. Try dusting it with a powder, chalk, flour, etc. and wiping the surface off, then light it from the side at a shallow angle. The powder fills the low spots making them more visible. Lighting from a shallow angle reflects glare AWAY from the lens and makes shadows that brings out surface texture like stamped characters. I'm sure someone who's more of an anvil guru will be along shortly. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 It may help with knowing where in the world you are located. By enlarging the picture I see what looks like II&B Co (Illinois Iron & Bolt Co). Makers of the early Vulcan anvils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashburn Posted September 18, 2021 Author Share Posted September 18, 2021 I’m in southeast Ohio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 We won't remember this once leaving this post, hence the suggestion to edit your profile to show it. If you can add a picture of the underside of the anvils base, it may give another clue as to the maker. It does resemble a Vulcan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 "Ohio" is a little too general to be very effective. We don't want your address, or something we can hunt you down with. A 30mile radius is about what the "general" in my location is. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Howdy from eastern Oklahoma! Welcome to the forum, X2 what Irondragon said, I think it kinda looks like a Vulcan, Frosty, does it take a dog sled team or a bush plane to cross that 30 miles Or can it be crossed in an normal automobile without tracks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 2 hours ago, TWISTEDWILLOW said: Frosty, does it take a dog sled team or a bush plane to cross that 30 miles Or can it be crossed in an normal automobile without tracks? Sure. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Aww your no fun Frosty… I was hoping you was gonna say you had to cross 30 Miles of ruff mountain range to reach your house, 23 hours ago, Frosty said: A 30mile radius is about what the "general" in my location Alaska is one state ive never worked in or got to visit so I like to imagine it’s like an adventure living up there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Sorry TW I forgot Okies do everything the hard way. Yes, you CAN cross a mountain range and one is less than 30 miles from here OR about 15 miles the other direction is Cook Inlet with it's 30' tides running 18mph in full flood or ebb. I recommend YOU use floatation tires on your mountain bike. Be sure to tell us how it was. You can cross the Talkeetna mountains over Hatcher Pass a bit to the north, it's a nice drive but schedule a couple few hours for Independence Mine Park/monument. East of us are the Chugach Mtns. all craggy and snow covered with glaciers visible in the not too far distance. Crossing those requires full climbing gear, light plane or better. Visible a bit west of the Talkeetna Mtns. is Mt. Denali, 160 miles distant. If you drive to the top of our ridgeline and a bit west you can see Mt. Susitna, AKA Sleeping Lady. There are times a regular automobile can't make tracks on a paved road. Heck, there are times a monster 4x4 with giant stump jumping, mud slinging, all terrain tires can't make tracks on a paved road. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Did they ever get the only road up Mt. Denali opened up after a large landslide? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 No, it probably won't be till next year if then. In the attempt to make as little impact as possible originally, they put the road across a permafrost slope that's been sliding since the last ice age. Slides like this one happen every few decades but they built right across it anyway. <sigh> Sometimes folk SHOULD listen to the engineers. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 If the markings are stamped in---it's NOT a Vulcan! It has an older english look to it---fat waist; but the Pittsburgh and the weight stamp in pounds say it's US made. This is one for AinA! (and I'm at work...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Looks to me like the markings are cast proud, but it could be the pictures. I saw one picture of an II&B Co Vulcan where the markings were stamped but can't find it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 Are we both talking about the 135# anvil stamped Pittsburgh and not the 80# II&B? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 I don't know at this point "I'm so confused" thought about the 135# anvil which looked like cast proud markings but I could be wrong. Just ask my wife. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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