Specialty anvils such as the Farriers anvil sometimes have a bulge to one side of the horn for forging caulks. It includes "Acme" (probably Hay-Buden) steel faced wrought iron anvils, "Steel Face Cast Anvils" and "Chilled Face Cast Iron Anvils." Weights range from 220 pounds to 20 pounds. In 1985 the same catalog was reprinted a second time in cooperation with A.B.A.N.A. In 1984 the Mid-West Tool Collectors reprinted the 1915 Sears, Roebuck and Co., Tools Machinery Blacksmith's Supplies catalogue. Reprints of catalogs such as old Sears and Roebucks are also a good source of anvil data. This catalog also included a variety Blacksmith's hand tools and forges. "The face is made from one piece of high grade tool steel, accurately ground and tempered. Industrial Supply Corp., Richmond, VA, 1955 catalog, page 172 lists Fisher "Eagle" Anvils from 50 to 700 pounds, Old industrial catalogs will often include photos and specs of the anvils they carried. The most beautifully illustrated book about Blacksmithing that I've ever seen. Then try Eric Sloane's A Museum of Early American Tools, pp.90-93 Early, Colonial, Stake, Nailers.Īnd for a classic of custom design see Otto Schmirler's Start with Bealer's classic The Art of Blacksmithing, p.65 Medieval Anvils, p.66 The London Anvil and nomenclature, p.68 A Liêges anvil. Today there are still a number of manufactures making anvils but in small quantities and there are still organizations and individuals that make anvils to suit themselves.Īny book on blacksmithing will give the shape and basic nomenclature. Other than this brief period anvils were made in a great variety. Most anvils were made in the London pattern or it's modification the American pattern (narrower waist, mass moved into horn and heal). Mouse Hole Forge was known for putting punch marks between the numbers and sometimes only they remain of the logo stampings.First, one should recognize there is no "standard" anvil.ĭuring the early part of the twentieth century, shortly before the automobile and other technical advances put the American Blacksmith out of business, anvils were made in great quantity and under great competition. The marked weight is usually off from scale weight a couple of pounds.
#Anvil weight markings 112 plus
In this case the anvil originally weighed 126 pounds (112 plus 0 plus 14). The first number represents multiples of 112 (1/20th long ton), the middle one multiples of 28 and their last remaining pounds. competitor.Įnglish produced anvils can frequently be identified by the stone weight system used on them at the waist, usually on the side with the horn to the right, such as 1 0 14. Fisher & Norris (see below) would have been their major U.S. was pretty well dominated by English produced anvils, with Mouse Hole Forge, Peter Wright and, to a lessor degree, Wilkinson and William Foster the dominant exporters. Until the late 1800s the high-quality anvil market in the U.S. Mousehole Forge anvils can be dated from their logos: Trevor's is circa 1854 - 1875: M&H ARMITAGE MOUSEHOLE FORGE M&H = Morgan and Henry All Mousehole anvils are pretty well 'handmade'.' Source: The Mousehole Forge by Richard A. Mousehole Forge contined to use water power (heave or tilt hammers) long after other manufactures switched to mechanical hammers. There is a coastal English town named Mousehole and it was well known as the site of a brief French invasion about the time the forge was started. In England a bend in a river with a deep spot is known as a mousehole and Mousehole Forge was located at such as spot. The square handling holes in an old anvil are called mouseholes. 'The origins of the name of Mousehole is not certain. Part of the premises has now been converted to a private residence. Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge, Sheffield, England, dates from 1628, pre Industrial Revolution, and is situated on the River Rivelin. We have since been able to track down the origin of this as from Mousehole Forge. A few weeks ago we placed a picture and query regarding an anvil with a mouse brand on it on behalf of Trevor Goodacre ( Trevor's Museum) who shares so many of the objects he has collected and their histories.
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