Help Id'ing an Anvil Please

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phelanpain

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Hi, was curious if you can tell me what kind of anvil this might be. Does not have a name on it, is it chinese, russian? Worse maybe pakistan? Was thinking of buying it from the scrap yard.


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I found this pic that looks similar but I can see writing on the base

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With the bolt lugs & thick top plate, I'd say Fisher Norris. Should be an eagle cast into the side.

If it IS a Fisher, it should be a good anvil.
 
It's a nice Fisher. I want !! The base should have two numbers. Add a zero to the numbers to get the weight. Mine has 30 making mine 300#. If it yours. Take a wire wheel to remove the paint if you'd like but don't use a hard wheel on it.
 
Easily worth $200. Hesitating to ask could let someone else buy it if it's for sale. I almost bought a 150# Fisher recently for $450 and would have if I'd had the spare cash. They are a wrought body and instead of a ring, make more of a thwack.
They were often referred to as neighborhood anvils since they are friendlier on the ears.
To be safe, you could take a ball bearing and check the rebound. I'd imagine you'll find the rebound is excellent.
 
If it is at a scrap yard that you are buying it from they would generally charge by the pound. I paid 13 dollars for mine.
 
Yeah, are scrap yard knows better, nothing leaves buy the pound only comes in that way. Hopefully I'll grab it in the morning. Thank You for the help.
 
phelanpain said:
Yeah, are scrap yard knows better, nothing leaves buy the pound only comes in that way. Hopefully I'll grab it in the morning. Thank You for the help.
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Well then I totally lucked out. They are kind of dumb and now I troll the place looking for more anvils and leaf springs.
 
Brian Ayres said:
They are a wrought body
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Brian I believe you might have accidentally typed this. Most, if not all, the Fisher & Norris anvils are a cast body as opposed to wrought. They had a patented process for it, which was different from the common multi-piece wrought iron body of the time.

They are one of the more desirable anvils and the price is good if there arent any cracks, etc.
 
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stevomiller said:
Brian I believe you might have accidentally typed this. Most, if not all, the Fisher & Norris anvils are a cast body as opposed to wrought. They had a patented process for it, which was different from the common multi-piece wrought iron body of the time.

They are one of the more desirable anvils and the price is good if there arent any cracks, etc.
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Duh. You are correct. In fact I know this well after all of Josh Kavett's(NJanvilman) posts on Iforgeiron. I'd LOVE to see his Fisher Norris Museum.
He has many of the molds/patterns for the anvils and some for the post vises as well I believe.

I am extremely jealous. That was a steal for $200.
 
Brian, I was sure that you just slipped ;-)
AND I'm jealous too, that anvil appears to be in really nice shape - and a the price is tough be beat!
 
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