[TheForge] Coak and weird anvil

[Bruce .]

When you photograph it, use the trick of extreme-angle lighting -- incident
light almost parallel to the surface being photographed.  That brings out
surface features.

Bruce
NJ

On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 9:00 AM, Paul M Dunphy <paul73 at ve1dx.net> wrote:

> On 14/11/15 08:59 AM, Michael via TheForge wrote:
>
>>
>> The anvil looks like it is "cast" steel (shaped like a Fisher Anvil).
>> There is a very similar corrosion pattern on the face as well as the
>> table/cutting shelf which I think indicates that the face is not a piece
>> of  steel welded onto an iron casting, but that the entire anvil is of one
>> cast/material.  As we all know, iron and steel rust very differently.
>> Could it be that the unusual shape under the heel is actually a piece that
>> has broken off?
>>
>>
>     I was the purchaser, and will get it in a spot where I can take better
> photos of it and put them on my web site later today.  It has been removed
> from the "For Sale" site, so the link Mike Spenser provided won't work
> now.  The pictures were not great there, anyhow.  I too was struck by the
> consistent rusting.  More info is coming!
>
>     There are markings under the rust that I'll see if I can get more
> legible once I get it out of the trunk of my car and into my shed.  If it
> is cast steel as you suspect, is it at all usable?  I'm a newbee at this
> and Mike Spencer has already warned me about ASOs!  I would guess if it is
> steel it is not completely useless.  I don't see myself becoming a full
> bore blacksmith, but I will want to pound on it to some degree.
>
>     I'm also curious on the weight and will put it on a set of scales out
> of curiosity.  It takes two men in pretty good shape to lift it, so I
> believe the seller's guess of 200 lb to be close.
>
> - Paul Dunphy, Nova Scotia
>
>
>
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