![]() You will only be 30 miles away, all highway miles, on you way through NJ. If you end up with the anvil, and make the trip up to Mass. I am still trying to make sense of the system. If anyone can provide and info about this anvil Id appreciate it. Theres also a small '3' and a larger '2' located near the '1898' marking. Weighing it on a bathroom scale indicates its 72.5 pounds. Those numbers are batch numbers put on by the moldmakers. But yet if it was made in 1884, then 1898 would be 15 years into the future There is an '8' marked near one foot. They mostly relate to a particular period of time of production.ĭid Fisher ever use the old weight system, or are these numbers a date/batch indicator?įisher never used the English weight system. I have noted two 400 lbers with lugs recently.ĭid Fisher have the Eagle's head looking Right or Left, and did they ever switch it?įisher used at least 6 different Eagles over time. The face has a little sway but the rebound is excellent. Clue 4 is the handling holes in the waist, cast anvils do not have those. Here you can make out the back half of the lion. Well, I can't find one with a star on it either, but that is definitely an English-made wrought iron anvil with a thin steel face. The maker mark is about 50, and reads John Brooks, Stourbridge, with the logo of a lion above it. When did Fisher start or stop casting bolt-holes into the feet of the anvil?įisher first put the lugs on anvils in 1892. Some more pics of an early forged John Brooks anvil, approx 54 lbs. And the numbers on the foot of the anvil, she thinks, are in the stone weight and would make it 320#.)Ĭhecking anvils in the museum would put that anvil's weight around 300 lbs. That converts to 182 pounds, and a digital scale had it at 180. That marks are on it is the hundred weight on the left side, it is 1 2 14. I have tried all the tricks I can think of to pull any maker's marks off the side, but I'm afraid it is too far gone. That would seem like a larger anvil, but what weight am I looking at? The owner says her hubbie told her it was 350#. I just got my anvil this past weekend from New York. The current owner doesn't know about anvils, and I'm relying on pictures to guess the size, weight and age.įrom what I'm told, the face is 5" wide and the O/A length is 29". She's real dreamy, with a perfect horn and a face that shines real pretty. These anvils still exist, and if you find one with just an anchor, it's likely a Southern market anvil.(I'm looking at a Fisher anvil that I'm trying to get. The Southern people were reluctant to buy Fisher anvils post Civil War because of the Eagle symbol, so the company removed it for anvils being shipped South. This made it very difficult for Smith's to make horse shoes and general repairs for the southern army. The Federal Calvary, when raiding towns in the South, would make a point to finding the Blacksmith shop and destory their anvil whenever possible. United States Southerners did not like the eagle as a symbol because it represented the Federal Government, which the South held in contempt. There were continued eagleless anvils but there's an interesting reason for this, at least after the Civil War. By the end of the Civil War, they had the Eagle holding an anchor as their solidified symbol. 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. The government bought mostly Fisher & Norris anvils and they came to be known as "Old Reliable." I think this is the case, because pictures of anvils pre-Civil War may or may not have had the Eagle, but more commonly an anchor. The advantage of these small anvils is portability. This is my personal conjecture, but I think the name they aquired by the government may have contributed to the Fisher & Norris symbol we are familiar with today.
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