![]() ![]() I looked in the hardy hole and it almost looks like the core wasn't held properly when poured or maybe it wasn't formed right because there's little cast iron protrusions in the hole. I have a 3/4" shank cutoff hardy that will not go in by a hairs width and it's the same with 1/2" round stock. The 1/2" pritchel hole and the 3/4" hardy are not 1/2" and 3/4". Because small 100-130 anvils are very common they. For general work an anvil of 200 lbs or more is needed. A serious blacksmith will wear out a small anvil in a short time (a year or less). The London pattern anvil with less horn and heal in the same weight class is OK for light general work. There is thing that I don't understand and maybe someone here can help me with. The advantage of these small anvils is portability. I put it on a bathroom scale and it says it's about 65 lbs so I guess it went on a diet at some point and lost a few lol. The seven is part of how I came to the 70 pound conclusion. On the other end where it says fisher (barely visible if the lighting is bad) there is a number 7 on one of the feet. There are a few markings I cannot make sense of under the date i see one mark by itself and the what looks like a string of 1s. Well after driving 418 miles yesterday and going through more counties than I have in a long time I brought home a decent little fish. Because of this, my best guess is that you have a Samson.Dsw, I was a little disappointed when I pulled up and seen that little thing instead of the monster I expected lol. However, it appears that Vulcan put their weight markings below the horn. If they aren't, then it's between those two. If my thought about the number system markings as a way to rule out manufacturers works, this rules out Vulcan and leaves you with Samson. It appears Southern Crescent used a similar number system to Fisher and Badger from their ads, as well. You can rule out American star by checking for a deep (most of the way through) cavity in the base. So it's not likely to be a Badgerįrom the remaining choices, the pictures in AIA for Southern Crescent and American Star don't resemble your anvil. The ads also show the depression on the foot below the hardy hole. Fisher typically has the weight divided by 10 listed, not the raw weight.įrom the ads listed in Badger, it looks like they also used numbers that were weight divided by 10. AIA lists 6 possible manufacturers:īadger, Fisher, Samson, Southern Crescent, American Star, Vulcan Okay, so it's probably a cast iron with a steel face. Our friends: Skilled Trade Network: Metalwork Metallurgy for bladesmiths and others who heat treat and forge steelĮngineering Handbook (Lots of info about Metallurgy) Have an englishweight anvil? Try this nifty little tool from anvilfire to find out how much it weighs in lbs.ĭictionary from anvilfire for those hard to google terms.Īppalachian Blacksmiths Association list of schools in the US When reporting content, you MUST state WHY you reported it.Īny NSFW posts will be reviewed by the mods and may be removed based on our judgement of the value of the content.ĪBANA Forging Fundamentals - a suggested program of study to learn hand forging Obviously this sub is for blacksmithing related topics, so keep posts related to blacksmithing.īlatant advertising and for sale posts are not allowed. Posts without a submission comment from the OP will be removed within 24 hours. Posts of YouTube videos, gifs, or images must include the beginnings of a discussion or a write up in the comments with a minimum of three sentences. Blatant troll posts/comments will be removed. Please be considerate to others when posting/commenting. WARNING!!! Read this before attempting any kind of forging. Join it here.īeginner? Read our FAQ and FAQ Discussion, And be sure to check out below. Do your own research to double check if you agree with the opinions stated here before following them. This is a multi-thousand year old trade and much of the information garnered from those times were lost during the industrial revolution. Please remember that any information/tips/tricks you get from this subreddit are not the end-all-be-all of blacksmithing. Feel free to show off your latest creations or get advice on a problem, or anything else related to blacksmithing! Previous winners of our monthly contest! A subreddit devoted to all things blacksmith. ![]()
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