The anvil on top is the first one I have had and still own. It is a 53 lb. Fisher-Norris anvil made in 1904. It is cast iron with a crucible steel face fused on during the casting.
This one was actually forged from wrought iron that was fagot welded from good quality scrap and then the horn, the heel (The backside) the feet and the face were all forged welded on.
The second one, which I got just today from my neighbor is a 175 lb. Peter-Wright anvil. I have no idea what year it was made, it is very worn out and the only markings left is a WRO for wrought iron and the remnants of the weight of it which are set as hundredweight, quarter-hundredweight, and actual pounds.
The only issue with it is I wasn't quick enough to buy it off my foolish neighbor before he could take an angle grinder to the other side of and start "Smoothing it down so it looks good" instead of leaving the actual history of use to stay on there. He's a fool.
This one was actually forged from wrought iron that was fagot welded from good quality scrap and then the horn, the heel (The backside) the feet and the face were all forged welded on.
The second one, which I got just today from my neighbor is a 175 lb. Peter-Wright anvil. I have no idea what year it was made, it is very worn out and the only markings left is a WRO for wrought iron and the remnants of the weight of it which are set as hundredweight, quarter-hundredweight, and actual pounds.
The only issue with it is I wasn't quick enough to buy it off my foolish neighbor before he could take an angle grinder to the other side of and start "Smoothing it down so it looks good" instead of leaving the actual history of use to stay on there. He's a fool.
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