[TheForge] New Anvil!!

[Dan Tull]

Trenton advertized " rings like a bell".
Most will hurt your ears.
"U" could be the foreman's  stamp.
Horn was not "steeled" so can be repaired w/ mig wire.


dan tull
georgia
abba, afc, S.C. psba, obg,sofa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick at Rafter Lazy C" <rick at rafterlazyc.com>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 3:45 PM
Subject: [TheForge] New Anvil!!


> Hello  all  -
>
>     I just had to gloat a little bit.  Last weekend the Illinois Valley
> Blacksmith Assoc. had their get together at Pontiac, Il.  They always have
a
> good time there, and I don't make many meetings of any kind.  Happened to
> get there though and am I glad I did.  There were tailgaters galore and I
> was in my element.  Had a heck of a good time, and then, I happened to see
> an anvil that caught my eye.  I have been looking for a wrought anvil for
a
> long time and this one, as I said caught my eye.
>
>    Long story short, I bought it.  Brought it home, cleaned, wire brushed,
> cleaned, wire brushed, etc. till I had it looking pretty good.  turned it
> upside down and did it again.  Then put a good thick coat of black paint
on
> it.  (Still upside down, no paint on the face!)  The edges of the face
were
> chipped a bit, but rounding them took care of most of that.  Some one used
> it for cutting with chisels (on the horn) and that is cut up quite a bit,
> but I will have to learn to live with it.  Hopefully someday most of them
> will be hammered out.  Not going to grind as it would take 1/16 inch or
> maybe more to get them mostly out.  Don't want to take all that metal
away.
>
>     Looked it up in the book I got there (at Pontiac) a year or so ago.
> 'Anvils in America', by Richard Postman.  Excellent book, by the way.
Found
> out it  is an Acme /Trenton.  Made by the Columbus Forge and Iron Co. who
> made all the Trenton anvils.  This one, and many others, was made for sale
> by Sears, Roebuck, and Co. and so the name on it is not Trenton, but Acme.
> According to the book, and by the serial number, it was made in 1913, the
> same as the 22 caliber rifle I have.
>
>     Now for the wierd question.  Under the heel, (on the bottom side of
it)
> and right near the pritchel hole, is stamped a U.  Does anyone have any
idea
> what this would signify?  If you say it belongs to you, I am not going to
> give it to U.  I can't find anything in the book about markings under the
> heel.  Doesn't mean it isn't there, but if it is I can't find it.  Just
> wondered what you guys thought.
>
>     All the anvils I have worked on have been cast, and BOY does this ring
> and have a great bounce-back.  The face is way harder than the cast anvils
I
> have worked on.  Really nice 100 pound anvil.  Bob Tuftee, if you listen
in
> here, thanks for having it for sale, I like it a lot.
>
>
>  Rick Crawford at Rafter Lazy C
> Home of Smoky Forge and Lem the Wonder Mule
> email = rick at rafterlazyc.com
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