Old trenton anvil serial numbers serial number#

This can act as a guide to how thick a face is as well. This will show a direct proportion of what is hard and what isn't. I used to acid dip them after a good wire brushing. I even asked a foundry about making one but that was spendy as well and they didnt seem terribly enthusiastic about it anyway. They dont come up very often and get snapped up pretty quick. I was lucky to get mine for $500 and didnt argue at all about it. Freight alone to here would be horrifying. I have seen those really big beautiful new anvils on the net. I dont have the means to heat and hammer it out anyhow so that part is academic. I need to preheat and then do a slow cool off after. I got the correct rods and Bill The Welder is going to do the clever part on it. Mine is well worn and needs flattening out. If there is no visible line that indicates a laminated face, how can you tell if it is cast steel or not? These usually have a wide face which as a hardware maker I didn't like, but with the tapered horn on the other side it simply means I have a face of any width I should choose. This means that after all these years a London Pattern anvil has some short comings and I prefer a double horn anvil. Even earlier in Europe.įor me I like the biggest anvil I can find that gives me the working surface I need. etc.Īround 1800's or so most local blacksmiths did shoes and repaired stuff, most of the major production was all ready moving to the big factories. Remember Just about any farm worth their salt had an anvil on the property and usually other items to help with metal chores( fixing plows, wagons, shovels, pick, mattocks. The guy must have been smoking something. 175-250 were used in real blacksmithing shops that were very busy with heavier irons. These were easily moved by the owner and served a good function for the general handyman as well as general Blacksmith. You still see this today with Farrier anvils, Saw makers anvils, Sword makers anvils, etc.ħ5% produced are in the 100-175 range. This led to what size anvil and type was used. Ideally an anvil was purchased with a particular forging operation in mind. They are very interesting, but not user friendly for a blacksmith doing normal work.Īnvils like this 400-500lbs were common place in Industrial shops some with steam hammers but more often than not just a hand hammer with a couple of sledgers. The big anvils like that were used under big steam power hammers. Decent anvil, I just like the Haybudden style better. and All of the new stuff is forged on this one.ĥ. Flat bottom)the anvil in the demo trailer. Trenton, 155lbs (wrought with steel face. Just heat it up, pound it out and reharden. I prefer the cast steel, welded waste since then if you need to redress the anvil there is no chance of face delamination.

Old trenton anvil serial numbers serial number#

Serial number had been damaged so never found out the year. It is a forged,cast steel welded at the waist type. Great anvil would be nice to find one in the 250-300lbs range. And it was used between 6-12 hrs a day for about 7 years straight. :)ġ.2.the first pics are of my main anvil 175lbs of Hay Budden. Then I decided maybe you guys would like to see all my stuff. I was getting ready to delete them and then decided you guys might like to see them.