[TheForge] Anvil question.

[Dan Rathburn]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gabriel Cain" <gabriel-theforge@dreamingcrow.com>
To: "theforge" <theforge@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 10:23 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Anvil question.


> Hello all.
>
> Yesterday was a very good day:  I got my first real anvil.  Picked it up
from
> Bill Apple, at a Blacksmith swap meet in Seattle.  I like it very much.
Very
> superior to the "anvil" I was using previously.  My previous "anvil" was a
40ish
> pound piece of train rail.  Bleh.   I like real anvils. ;-)
>
> My question to the list:
>
> What kind do I have?  It is about two feet long, about 12 inches high, and
about
> 3 1/2 to 4 inches wide (no ruler handy).  The horn is about 10 inches
long.  It
> has  markings on the side like so: (forgive the ascii art. :))
>
> American
>      (horse shoe shape w/ (I think) "trade mark" stamped, one word above
the other)
> Wrought
>
> Does anybody know what kind of anvil this is?  (I have been looking
online, but
> that has not been going as well as it could. :))
>
> Thanks very much,
> Gabriel.
>

American
(horse shoe shape w/ (I think) "trade mark" stamped, one word above the
other)
Wrought

I would think.

Dan Rathburn
Elgin, IL USA