[TheForge] Trenton ID

Tue Apr 6 13:34:01 2004

As much as it pains me to do this, I agree with Dan. 
I've used the stoody, and was not at all impressed
with the hardness of the result.  The color (?) match
wasn't very good either.  On the other hand, the
results using the MG electrodes were great.  It was
harder and the color matched better.

Phil Rosche
Summerville, SC
--- Dan Tull <[email protected]> wrote:
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> dan tull
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Howell Steve" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 12:51 PM
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Trenton ID
> 
> 
> > Thanks, Dave.
> > Sounds like it was right in there in the early
> 20's.
> > This one's a beast. No handling holes but has the
> hourglass recess under
> the
> > body and just enough of the logo to make it out.
> > I'm in the process of cleaning up some torch nicks
> and am about ready to
> > strike an arc on it- gasp!. Having taken a grinder
> to the horn to prep it
> I
> > was surprised to see quite a bit of sparkle
> activity in the stream.  Isn't
> > wrought suppposed to not have sparkles, sprigs and
> bursts? Could be all
> the
> > rust, too.
> >
> > I'm looking at the Stoody 1105 rod for the W-1
> plate as Gunter suggests.
> > 6010 or similar for the body.
> > Steve
> >
> > >>>>>>>
> > Steve
> >
> > "As of April 16, 1920, the Columbus Forge and Iron
> Co. had produced
> 176,609
> > serial-number Trenton anvils, in twenty-two years"
>  page 336 Anvil in
> > America by Richard A. Postman.   So it looks like
> you know almost to the
> day
> > when this anvil was forged.  In fact I would guess
> that it was forged on
> > April 16th itself.  How Postman has this
> information and date I am not
> sure
> > but would guess he was looking at actual records
> of Columbus Forge and
> Iron
> > Co.  Note that Trenton anvils were made in Ohio
> and not NJ.  Postman says
> > that early Trenton anvils were made in Germany --
> but that is before they
> > carried a serial number.
> >
> > Dave Smucker
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Howell Steve" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 11:05 AM
> > Subject: [TheForge] Trenton ID
> >
> >
> > > Anyone have their anvil book handy?
> > > Through the luck of good friends I have acquired
> a 450lb Trenton and am
> > > looking to date it.
> > > S/N 179604
> > >
> > > Thanx,
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> >
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