[TheForge] Anvil question.

Mon Feb 25 07:34:00 2002

According to Postman's book, the American anvil was made by the American
Wrought Anvil Company of Brooklyn, NY.  Mr. Postman thinks the company
started around 1899 ceased production in 1910 or 1911.  He states:  "All the
American anvils I have recorded have four handling holes and are flat under
the base......and none have a serial number........from the appearance of
those that I have seen they seem to be a very good anvil."

There are two photos in Postman's book of American anvils;  I can scan them
and e-mail them to you if you would like.
Contact me off-list at [email protected]

Chris Caswell
Caswell Wood & Iron

----- Original Message -----
From: Gabriel Cain <[email protected]>
To: theforge <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 11:23 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.
>
>
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