another anvil

ScottRoush

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I put an ad in our classifieds for anvils... I live up in Northern Wisconsin... and people are coming out of the woodworks with these things. I just got a call about 120# anvil with an 'Eagle in a circle'. I looked this up and all I can come up with is Fisher Norris... although none of the pictures actually have an Eagle in a circle. I can take this for 100 bucks. I haven't see it yet because it's a 2 hour drive and I want to make sure it's worth it.

So is it most likely a Fisher???
 
Richard Postman's book pictures a 100# Fisher anvil with an eagle in a circle made in 1860. If the top is OK it's well worth 100 bucks.

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yeah its a Fisher.
I have a 300# Fisher that I got the same way - ad in a paper. Good anvil. Cast steel face over a cast iron body. Fishers were unique in the way they were produced but they're workhorses. Cast iron body doesn't compact the way wrought iron bodies do so Fishers never get swaybacked the way an old hay budden or peter wright will, and the cast steel face on those fishers tends to produce a really good rebound. It won't "sinng" like a traditional wrought body/ welded steel face anvil but that's fine by me. $100 for a 120# is a good deal. Just ask to make sure the edges are good. Some overworked anvils have big chunks chipped out of the edges and that sucks for a knifemaker who wants to set a choil!
 
Wulf said:
yeah its a Fisher.
I have a 300# Fisher that I got the same way - ad in a paper. Good anvil. Cast steel face over a cast iron body. Fishers were unique in the way they were produced but they're workhorses. Cast iron body doesn't compact the way wrought iron bodies do so Fishers never get swaybacked the way an old hay budden or peter wright will, and the cast steel face on those fishers tends to produce a really good rebound. It won't "sinng" like a traditional wrought body/ welded steel face anvil but that's fine by me. $100 for a 120# is a good deal. Just ask to make sure the edges are good. Some overworked anvils have big chunks chipped out of the edges and that sucks for a knifemaker who wants to set a choil!
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Wulf, I have a Fisher 300# made in 1916. When was yours made?????
 
I have a 270# Fisher that is swaybacked to one side. Looks as if the original owner worked in that spot only. It's just an area about 4"x6" and the side is bulged out a bit. Rest of the 1899 anvil is great!
BTW, I got this one for $100 and unloading 6 wagonloads of hay
 
IG, don't recall the year, I'll have to doublecheck. It's in great shape though. Original owner was a shipbuilder who just used to to tap brass prop blades into shape

Birdog, great deal on that 270 pounder. I've never seen a swayed Fisher - someone must've pounded that thing hard!
 
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