[TheForge] broken anvil

[Bob Ehrenberger]

Andy,

I think that Bob Alexander has the BAM repair anvil. If he doesn't have it, 
he would know who does.

There were some markings, but not enough to make out. It was outside, cold, 
and we weren't there to look at rusty iron. My wife was eager to get back 
into the van.

I saw an anvil in an antique store a few years ago, it was marked $75 and I 
would say it was overpriced. There wasn't a spot on it that wasn't chipped 
or dented with several large chunks missing. I visited the store recently 
and it was gone, so I guess someone thought it was worth buying. I would be 
curious to know if they talked them down on the price.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net

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On 12/17/2011 7:02 PM, Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
> We stopped at an Amish harness shop to get neatsfoot oil and saw the worst
> abused anvil I have ever come across (except the Tom Clark anvil repair 
> gone
> wrong).

The BAM anvil?

I still want it.

 > I've seen anvils with missing horns, and anvils broken through the
> hardy hole,

I have a pristine 200# Hay Budden missing the tail at the hardy hole.
No idea how it came to break.  I got it that way trading it for a 250#
Fisher with dodgy edges that has been used as a burning table.  I was
happy with the trade.

 > but this one had the base, horn and about 4 inched of the face
> left the rest was gone. The brake started over the center of the base and
> angled towards the rear of the base.

Any idea of the manufacturer?  If it was a 7 piece anvil, perhaps it
failed at one of the joints?
>
> I asked the owner if had the rest of it. He did not.  He also had no
> knowledge of how it got broken.  For a brief moment  I considered offering
> to buy it, but without the back half the repair would be a monumental job.
>> From the size of the horn, I would guess that it started life as a 170 to
> 200 pound anvil. There was about 100 pounds left. I couldn't make out the
> name.

I have an anvil at Marshall's shop with the horn broken off.  My plans
for it is as a cutler's anvil.  Retasking a broken anvil is my idea of
perfect recycling.

Worst anvil I ever saw was when I went to Washington Crossing with
either Marshall or Bruce Freeman.  There is a shop there and the anvil,
a colonial era example, had almost no face left.  Most of what was left
was separated from the body, representing a major repair.
>
> On top of it all, he didn't even have neatsfoot oil for sale.

Figures.



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