New/Old anvil

[Steve Nuckels]

I recently acquired this old anvil, the date stamp on the side reads 1835!  It's a 120#er I it was given to me.  I'm a lucky guy!

Do the working surface's and edges look good enough, or would you have it "trued"?  The surface is a little concave and the edges are not what I would call "crisp". I hate to alter it, but I want to be able to use it!

The pic's may not be good enough to determine that.

What do you think!!  Steve

   

[Steve Nuckels]

Another view!

 

[LAR43]

Mount it on a good base & use it as is... The surface looks fine.

Larry

[Steve Nuckels]

Last one.  Thanks for any advice!    Steve

 

[Steve Nuckels]

Can any one give me info as to the company that made it, type of anvil etc...

I do know it was used by a man for some time in NC to make shoes for his mules.

Would you recommend a section of tree trunk or laminated lumber base?

Thanks

[oldpaths]

You lucky,lucky dawg!

[Jeremy]

Hard to tell from the pics, but the edges look about perfect to me.  You want a good radius in the main working portion of the anvil and sharper corners opposite the horn.

Check out anvilfire.com for some base ideas.  The laminated lumber bases are solid and easy to come by... there is also a plan for a very quick to make base out of one board and some plywood.

Oh, and I'll echo the "lucky dawg" comment!

[Lin Rhea]

It's good like it is. It's every bit as good as the bladesmith school's here in Arkansas. You should see some of the blades made on them. Lin

[TxMoon]

Man that just aint right at all you lucky dog. I got you a $100 profit for you right here! maybe a little more...

[Butts2]

You can see on the "concrete" the marks where you had to drag it around for the photo. In the hunting world they call that Anvil a Toad