mopargoob Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 New to me yesterday... says "vulcan", butis very high quality. I have the "anvil bible" but results are inconclusive. Help me id this one please... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 The Vulcan's I know are a cast anvil and that doesn't look like one of them. Does it ring when tapped? What are the results of the ball bearing tests? Any numbers on the front of the front foot? I can't see from that picture. Nothing stops anyone from stamping their own anvil as they wish. Also many anvil manufacturers would make anvils for rebranding by a large sales company---like Sears and their ACME anvils which sometimes were really HB's!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 It may help to know where in the world you are located. Early Vulcan anvils were made by the Illinois Iron & Bolt Co. See if you can see II&B Co anywhere on it. I don't know if the early ones were cast or forged though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 All the II&B stuff I have seen was cast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopargoob Posted December 6, 2021 Author Share Posted December 6, 2021 Best ring ing anvil i ever heard, the ring lasts for 3 seconds or more. There is an "M" on one front foot ann some mostly obscured numbers on the other front foot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 Hmm looking at that stamping I'm wondering if that was done much later---it seems that some of the surface damage is *under* the stamp instead of going across it on top. See how crisp they are? And how the letter spacing changes where a factory stamp would have been a 1 piece? If so now I wonder if it isn't an Arm and Hammer and someone later marked it as Vulcan as they used the same logo, except that the Arm and Hammer is punched into the side and the Vulcan is cast proud. I think I can see a bit of an arm and hammer logo below the Vulcan stampings. Perhaps some grey matter challenged person thought to increase its value by putting a brand name on it and not knowing any better stamped Ford where it once said Mercedes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopargoob Posted December 6, 2021 Author Share Posted December 6, 2021 Well, at least its better than the one i was using... (a 114 lb late 1800s english anvil that has a flaw in it somewhere, it clanks when rung) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mopargoob Posted December 7, 2021 Author Share Posted December 7, 2021 It is an arm and hammer. After doing more reading in AIA, i found it has the rough fullering marks under the heel. Am curious as to the story behind it's present markings though Oh yea. I used a .750 ball bearing, i had to try several times, and got a 85% bounce from 10 inches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 Probably what I mentioned. Generally we get folks calling Vulcans Arm and Hammers and not vice versa. Vulcan is probably a better known brand as a lot of school systems used them for their shop classes---quieter and cheaper; but the A&H is a TOP brand anvil where the Vulcan is a low tier one. (IMNSHO and I have a broken Vulcan to show why! OTOH there are probably more miles driven on the Ford Escorts than on the Maserati's!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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