Anvils: A beginner buyers guide - I Forge Iron This anvil has some sway, Personally this is the most I could work with but some folks are perfectly happy with more sway The anvil is in otherwise perfectly good condition and well worth having This anvil however has excessive sway The face has dipped significantly and even the heel has been bent
Fisher - Anvil Reviews by brand - I Forge Iron Fisher Anvils: Made in Newport, Maine(1847 - 1852), then in Trenton, NJ at the original Trenton plant(1853 - 1961), then finally by Crossley Machine Works (1962 - 1979) Currently owned by Joshua Kavett, Howell Tnsp, NJ Made by a unique method of casting iron over the tool steel plates to implem
List of makers currently producing anvils - I Forge Iron This is a list of manufacturers currently making anvils for blacksmiths and farriers: Accaciao - China, cast 1045 steel, hardness unknown Atlas Anvil - USA, cast 1050 steel, 60 RC B W - China, cast 6150 steel, 58-60 RC [William] Barnhart - USA, cast 50MN steel, 57 RC Big Blu - USA, cast steel
Hay Budden Anvil - Anvils, Swage Blocks, and Mandrels - I Forge Iron I have a really old shop Hay Budden Anvil that I'm trying to find out some information on The overall size is 33" x 5" wide It weighs 188 lbs On the horn end front, up about 8" from the bottom, is a stamped reading #8 On the same side at the bottom, on one of the legs, is the number 138520 On the front side of the anvil is the word Hay Budden
John Brooks anvil? - Anvil Reviews by brand - I Forge Iron i bought a 2 1 2 cwt anvil from brooks direct from the works in 1964-5 the price was 28 pounds sterling ,around 3 weeks wage ,my dad went nuts ,for spending all that money ,when we had a shop full of anvils i wanted a smaller anvil to go out shoing ,all the anvils at home were in the 5-6 cwt range, it was a fine anvil ,the only drawback for a shoing anvil is the heel is thick and not good to
So Harbor Freight says they have a cast steel anvil now. The DOYLE™ 65 lb Cast Steel Anvil is constructed from premium cast steel for high hardness, strength, and durability while providing up to 80% rebound The 50 sq in face provides ample surface area for shaping heated metal 3 4 in hardy hole 3 4 in pritchel hole 7 1 in x 3 7 in horn 80% rebound
Anvils, Swage Blocks, and Mandrels - I Forge Iron Lots of grinding and abrasive costs too (we recently had an anvil repair clinic and *1* anvil, a good old one that had been milled to death---too thin a face to use took 6 hours of welding by a fellow who teaches welding at the local community college and has all the nice large welders too Took about $10 of propane just for preheat of the anvil!
Anvils: Why, Where, and How - Bladesmiths Forum Board An anvil is a bottom tool, the top tool is your hammer, much of the time, or some other struck tool The anvil has a number of surfaces built into it (such as the horn, and if yours still has any, sharp edges and corners) It also has a tool holder (the square hole) called a Hardy, and it may have a smaller round hold to assist you in punching
Swedish anvils? - Anvil Reviews by brand - I Forge Iron There are a number of Swedish cast steel anvil makers and American trade journals used to run editorials complaining about importing them was unfair to American anvil companies I'd be all over that baby for that money, I don't need another anvil and $300 would be a serious bite to our budget but it'd be in my shop as soon as I could get it home
Anvil identification? - Beginners Place - Bladesmiths Forum Board The old anvil factories used a sort of waterfall-type quenching thing to keep enough cold water falling on the face to cool it fast enough that the hot mass of iron behind it didn't draw the temper faster than the quench could harden it That's why the waterfall