AT LAST ! My New Anvil !

[Perrari]

Finally got one last Thursday. Andy (Everything Mac) said if I didn't post pictures it never happened ! So here they are Andy.

Made by Isaac Nash & Sons of Stourbridge. From what I can find out it was made between 1888 and 1912.

It weighs 243 lbs or 110Kg. Not in pristine condition as you would expect for it's age but will do me for now to get started.



Cleaned it up with a steel cup brush on an angle grinder then oiled it.
I have mounted it on a pine block that has been saturated with almost 5 litres of Cuprinol to try & preserve it. I have hammered in 4 stainless steel spikes to keep it in place.




Due to the weather & other commitments I have only had a play with it yesterday and modified some Tin snips in to tongs. I intend to make some more tools to use with it first to get some practice in then knife blades but my ultimate goal is to forge an axe (but I realise that is a long way off).




Thanks for looking.
Eifion

 

[laro13]

Nice anvil, I am so jealous!

That's a better one then the last one.

 

[John Fenna]

Anvil envy strikes!
Love it!
Want one!

 

[Leiflet]

wow.

Cheers,
Leif

 

[MertzMan]

Now that's a beauty! I look forward to seeing what you produce with it.

 

[cowboy]

wow thats a beaut mate .. you have made a great job of naking her look pretty again. im very envious!

 

[TheNative]

Sweeeeeeeet! looks the dogs mate

 

[Niels]

That's cool. Hope you get some good use out of that.

 

[crosslandkelly]

You've made a great job of that anvil, you'll have many years of working on it.

 

[HHazeldean]

That looks very nice! You've done a good job on cleaning it all up too

May I enquire where you set about looking for an anvil?

Cheers

 

[Albus Culter]

Ooh, looking forwards to many thinks made on that

 

[Perrari]

As with everything I look for I start on ebay. There are many on there in various states, but most of them too far for me, the one I got was 42 miles away. I paid £150 for it and am very happy with that.
I did come across somewhere in Essex or Sussex that had a few of them, but I have just searched again and cant find it. If I do I will post a link.

That looks very nice! You've done a good job on cleaning it all up too

May I enquire where you set about looking for an anvil?

Cheers

 

[Biker]

That looks like a beast. I bet you knew you lifted that into place too. Nice restoration mate.

 

[Gray]

Oh now.....thats ace mate

 

[Perrari]

Took two of us to lift it in to place, I could turn it over & drag it around on the board to clean it, and could just about lift it off the ground but couldn't move it anywhere on my own without potential injury.

That looks like a beast. I bet you knew you lifted that into place too. Nice restoration mate.

 

[Imagedude]

Looks like a coachsmiths' anvil...

 

[Perrari]

It definitely does with the 2 holes at the heel, and the small anvil at the side. Interesting to say the least ! Thanks for the info.

Are the numbers on the poster, prices ? If so any idea how much in todays money ? & Is there a date on the poster ?

Looks like a coachsmiths' anvil...

 

[ged]

It definitely does with the 2 holes at the heel, and the small anvil at the side. Interesting to say the least ! Thanks for the info.

Are the numbers on the poster, prices ? If so any idea how much in todays money ? & Is there a date on the poster ?

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/education/Pages/inflation/calculator/flash/default.aspx

 

[Ronnie]

The word that sprung to me on opening this thread was envy

It's nice to come to a place where other folks don't think it's weird for me to covet an anvil...

 

[Imagedude]

Covet away! Some of my anvils...