ID an old Anvil

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The story is that this Anvil was found in a dry river bed in AZ way out in the desert. Took the guy a few trips to get it out. The sides are pretty rough but I got the top down to a fair working surface. Has a very nice rebound.
Was Wondering if anyone knew what make it was.
 

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No markings of any sort on it? Looks like an old Trenton I have but it looks like someone
welded something onto the surface of it.
Ken.
 
From here it could be Trenton, Arm & Hammer, Hay-Budden- hard to know without a closer look. Almost definitely I'd say it's an American wrought anvil. Does it have an arc weld at the waist, or rough fullering marks under the heel from the forging process? Underneath, does it have much of a cavity and what shape cavity? It could maybe be a later model Peter Wright too, it's a little chunky for American pattern but PW usually dressed the face weld seams better than that. Any numbers or letter anywhere on it?
 
No visable markings. The whole anvil was very heavly rusted. I have been working the top down, but the sides I just hit with a wire wheel. I'll flip it over later and take a pic of the underside.
 
I'm leaning Arm n Hammer. Looks like the outline of the logo on the waist, and it's got a thick faceplate which is typical for Arm n Hammers.
 
Looks exactly like my 155# Hay Budden, but... could be just about anything. Neat story tho.
 
Looks like an Arm and Hammer to me. I have one almost identical.
 
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Looks like an Arm n Hammer but not a Vulcan. Vulcan had an arm and hammer logo but were unaffiliated with A&H. Vulcan brand anvils look quite different than this. Not to be a contradictory so&so.
 
You are right Salem. The bases are quite different. I have been under the impression that both were from the same company. Thanks for the info. When I got mine, the old smith told me it was a Vulcan made by Arm and Hammer.
 
With that thick waist and horn, it looks like a Fisher to me.. althought the "feet" look too small for that. Usually Fishers have enough markings on the feet and waist to be able to make out something.

Shawn
 
Be glad about that Stacy, A&H are some of the best, while Vulcans are one of the shoddiest anvils with a hardened top that I'm aware of.

One thing about it that doesn't look "Fisher" to me is the horn cranked upward to the plane of the face. That's a hallmark of American forged anvils.
 
Brian Ayres said:
I'm leaning Arm n Hammer. Looks like the outline of the logo on the waist, and it's got a thick faceplate which is typical for Arm n Hammers.
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There is no visable markings or logo any where just very pitted rust, I have wiped it down with chock in good light to see if there was anyway I coule find the markings with no luck.
 
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