[TheForge] Anvil question.

Tue Feb 26 00:21:01 2002

My humble apologies for this mis-addressed message.

At 11:16 PM 2/25/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>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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