[TheForge] Anvil question.

Tue Feb 26 00:10:00 2002

In reply to both your messages...

You can't imagine how much we enjoy the opportunity to host you here.  Anne 
and Chip were a special treat.  Is it possible that you're going to be GP's 
in the fairly near future?  I think we may have an edge in to convert Clay 
to County Line; did you see his ears perk up when I described smoked prime 
rib?  County Line isn't necessarily any better than Salt Lick -- some parts 
better -- some not -- but definitely closer to town,

I had to spend all day today at the lake again baby-sitting the A/C 
contractor at the lake.  Things were on target to get out of there at about 
3:30 when the installer got ham-handed and broke a sewer line tee inside a 
wall.  Then Varda called to tell me our network server died in the middle 
of the day.  No tax, no fax, etc. etc.  I finally left the lake about 7:00 
and got home to try to resuscitate computer hardware.  Fortunately, we keep 
a twin to our home network server at the lake.  All I needed to do was 
steal its power supply and we're back on the air. (Otherwise I wouldn't be 
sending this message.)

In a few days, I'll send you a fairly short version of our trials and 
tuition on oriental rugs.  We like them and have pursued them actively 
since about 1985.  It's been a lot of fun and once in a while funny.  In a 
related story, did you read the one about the eBay thief in Friday's 
WSJ.  If not and you don't take it, write back and I'll send you a 
copy.  Among other things, the guy more than doubled his take by calling 
near-miss bidders and telling them that the winner had failed to pay 
up.  The guy better than doubled his take from just stealing from the high 
bidders.

Phil

At 07:32 AM 2/25/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>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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