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10th Jan 2018, 10:16 PM #46
A few years ago I was in a junk shop on the Bass coast, they had a few old anvils for sale, damaged horns and the tops pretty much destroyed, all had prices tags north of $350, I have seen prettier garden ornaments for a lot less, there only use would be that or boat anchors.
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12th Jan 2018, 08:21 PM #47Golden Member
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got to wonder how anvils get so badly damaged..
JohnC if your anvil has Soderfors on the side of it then I'd have no reason to doubt it. other markings on it look very much like all the other Soderfors anvils I have seen. They are good anvils (cast steel) - can be quite hard and the edges can get chipped. thats one is a good size at 112lb.
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13th Jan 2018, 09:11 PM #48Senior Member
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21st Jan 2018, 09:25 PM #49Senior Member
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So, my anvils, me, my phone, sufficient charge, and sufficient memory coincided..
My first anvil. Not what I had in mind when my mum encouraged me to ask an elderly neighbour (former boiler maker) if he had an anvil. Still very useful, along with two bootloads of other tools..
-russ
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21st Jan 2018, 09:26 PM #50Senior Member
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My second. A clearing sale somewhere.
A bit beat up, but eminently usable.
-russ
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21st Jan 2018, 09:30 PM #51Senior Member
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And my third.
A real score... Kerbside shopping!
The pink was the first paint to hand to decipher the legend.
I haven’t actually used this one much, as it appeared after I had paused active smithing, following a family expansion.
Will make a great portable...
-russ
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21st Jan 2018, 11:34 PM #52
That double horn was a very good find, wish I had your kind of luck!
…..Live a Quiet Life & Work with your Hands
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22nd Jan 2018, 07:15 PM #54Golden Member
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hi Russ, some nice anvils there. don't see many twin horns. according to Wiki - iron production started there at Kirkstall forge (Yorkshire) in the 16th century making it the oldest forge in England. likely that your twin horn is at least pre WW1 as they apparently stopped forging to concentrate on axle production.
any markings? on your second anvil in post #50
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20th Feb 2018, 10:59 PM #55Senior Member
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25th Feb 2018, 10:35 AM #57
There were lots of anvils and leg vices at the Swapmeet this weekend.
i came home with 3 new anvils, spent some time yesterday cleaning up the face and horn of one of the bigger ones.
35C82C6D-A140-4FD6-90E1-0DA348196FD3.jpgF0696FE4-7115-418D-BD31-8367CF73D5DB.jpg…..Live a Quiet Life & Work with your Hands
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28th Feb 2018, 08:29 PM #58Senior Member
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28th Feb 2018, 08:32 PM #59Senior Member
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Not anvils but vices..
Small, and extra small... )
Russ
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28th Feb 2018, 08:44 PM #60
Show me your Anvil thread...
I like that little clamp on vise with the star on it.
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