Peter Wright anvil

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hello, been lurking for a bit, but haven't started making knives yet (still in the planning/building stage) BUT..

i was given a Peter Wright single horn anvil (for free) and I was wondering if it is worth anything or worthwhile for creating blades.

its stamped with the numbers 1 - 0 - 16 (im assuming this is hundredweight markings..) 1x112 + 0x28 + 16x1 = 128#?

its in pretty good shape overall, 1 pritchel and 1 hardy hole..
the face is reasonably flat (I'll try and get pictures this weekend)
is this going to be big enough to do some Damascus work?

Ive been reading up on making LP/propane single burner forges so i guess that should be my next project....
 
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riposte said:
hello, been lurking for a bit, but haven't started making knives yet (still in the planning/building stage) BUT..

i was given a Peter Wright single horn anvil (for free) and I was wondering if it is worth anything or worthwhile for creating blades.

its stamped with the numbers 1 - 0 - 16 (im assuming this is hundredweight markings..) 1x112 + 0x28 + 16x1 = 128#?

its in pretty good shape overall, 1 pritchel and 1 hardy hole..
the face is reasonably flat (I'll try and get pictures this weekend)
is this going to be big enough to do some Damascus work?

Ive been reading up on making LP/propane single burner forges so i guess that should be my next project....
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One of the most sought out english anvils,worth at least 2.00 or 3.00 a pound if in good condition,I have a 165 lber.Lucky guy:thumbup:
 
Welcome to the forum. From your name can I assume you are a fencer?

Man am I jealous. I want a Peter Wright but they only seem to show up for sale in the east coast (I'm sure they exist in the west to, but I never see them on ebay or craigs near my shipping location).
 
hehe

nope, don't fence, Played WoW as a rogue and liked the name...


i'm in alaska so yeah.. totally got lucky. apparantly my great-great grampa was a smith and his anvil is still on my family's farm in northern minnesota.. so I may have to plan a trip to retrieve it next time im driving 'down south'

im glad its decent since ive never seen any anvils for sale around here
 
Dustin,
He got it in Alaska! Dude, you left Alaska too early!!! My sympathies...

Riposte,
It's a good one. Congrats on the snag!!
 
I picked up a 1-0-9 about 3 weeks ago. Absolutely love it! I had mine shipped and with shipping cost, it came out to only $2.70 a lb.
You could have your family ship it out to you. A lot cheaper than you would imagine. I believe Michigan to Tennessee was $82.00.
 
I looked around up here for years to find a decent anvil, and was trying to weld together some sections of train rail, before I found- by pure luck- a very badly beaten anvil, that eventually proved to be a 1910-ish 140lb Peter Wright.

I had to essentially invent a repair technique to restore it (TIG, spring wire, and lots and lots of time) but now it's a cherry anvil, ready for decades more service.

Yeah, heavy equipment is rare and expensive up here, so if you have one in the family, get 'em to ship it up- and be sure to have them look for any other blacksmithing equipment that goes with it. Hammers, tongs especially, hardy tools, punches, etc. It all might be old, but it's all still very usable.

Where'bouts in Alaska?

Doc.
 
Nice anvil by the sound of it.
On a side note how do you find out who made your anvil? the only thing I know about mine is that it"s old weighs around 250 and has a couple of numbers on it but they are hard to make out, but it rings like a bell and works for me.
 
mine is stamped and was legible...

I live in Juneau

My dad remembers helping heat treat some plow shares in the old forge.. he's the one that thinks the anvil is still there. He's planning on buying a new truck next year when we go down to the Dakota's for pheasant and deer and he was planning on driving up to the family farm too..

i know they probably won't turn out very good, but I brought back some of my cousin's worn sickle bar teeth that I thought would be cool to forge into knives for them.

no idea on the steel quality but im guessing some type of 10 steel...
 
so I looked at the anvil again.. and other than a little rounding of the face edges the face 'appears' to be true..

should I even bother doing anything to it or just use it as is?

(i went to go take pics, but my kids left my camera on and had no batteries)

Ill also take pics of the elec whetstone and elec bandsaw we were given.. :D
 
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