Anvil ID??

[efleming]

Can any of you identify this anvil? Just wondering if it could have any potential. Looks to be about 150 lbs...

 

[drewfacehotm]

i think fishers look like that

 

[efleming]

I was hoping someone would recognize this as either something worth looking at or an obvious piece of junk. I've got the opportunity to pick this up cheap from someone that knows nothing about anvils. Draw back is it's a 3 hour drive to check it out. All thoughts are appreciated. Thanks, Eric

 

[strahd71]

does that look like the origional face? or has it been redone?

cheap is cheap..... maybe get it anyway to just beat on for cutting or something is it isnt very good

good luck

jake

 

[Salem Straub]

It looks like a typical cast anvil shaped object to me. On Fishers, the table is longer, the feet look a little different, and the tool steel plate on the top does not project out over the sides of the anvil that way. That overly defined (usually fake) face plate is a common hallmark of cheap, soft cast anvils. They are just trying to make it look like a better anvil than it is. But the real test of course would be to rebound it with a ball bearing or a hammer. Kind of a long drive though, if it doesn't pan out.

 

[godogs57]

It does not look like my Fisher....mine has the Fisher logo on the side, the weight shown on one end and the date of mfg on the other end.

 

[efleming]

Thanks guys. Thought it looked a little odd with the top plate the way it is. I think I'll pass on the 3 hr drive.

 

[bikermikearchery]

a more helpful resource for identifying anvils.
http://www.abana.org/resources/discus/messages/5/5.html?1247465363

 

[Raymond Richard]

It does look like a newer piece of steel on the top. I have no idea as to the brand.

 

[Hmathews]

They have some anvil shaped objects at a local farm supply place that look very similar and are made in China. They have a black coating on them that when chipped off shows a pink stuff that looks like bondo between the paint and iron. In some places it is an 1/8 inch thick. Your picture looks just like it. I think you can rest easy with your decision to pass on this one.

 

[bjalongi]

does that look like the origional face? or has it been redone?

cheap is cheap..... maybe get it anyway to just beat on for cutting or something is it isnt very good

good luck

jake

Not to hijack the thread, but there is no need to cut directly on the face. I used to hot cut with a chisel until black, then cut off on the edge, but now I do something different. I have been doing more blacksmithing than bladesmithing lately, so I took a piece of 1/2" plate and welded a piece of square stock to it, so I can drop it in the hardy hole. I cut right on the plate.