| Author | Message | ||
| vladimir demidov (Demid)
New member Username: Demid Post Number: 1 Registered: 6-2009 |
hi a have some anvils what are you thinking about ? Thanks. Sorry for my English.      | ||
| vladimir demidov (Demid)
New member Username: Demid Post Number: 2 Registered: 6-2009 |
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| B. W. Powell (Bernie1)
New member Username: Bernie1 Post Number: 70 Registered: 7-2006 |
Hey, Ivan! How much is postage from Mother Roosha on a 300-lb. anvil? I'll take two! Fond (sort of) memories of Leningrad: did the White Nights Scene in Peter's Summer Gardens years back. Spasebo! (And remember always: "The Will of the People is the Will of the Party!") bernie-inski ps- Is that a Satellite image of Siberia - or what? -that you posting here? | ||
| vladimir demidov (Demid)
New member Username: Demid Post Number: 3 Registered: 6-2009 |
possible answer : YES, NO , GET OUT, FUC/////// (Uncle Arnold ) | ||
| Ken Scharabok (Ken_scharabok)
New member Username: Ken_scharabok Post Number: 348 Registered: 3-2006 |
It is difficult to try to evaulate anvils from photographs alone. It appears all of the anvils shown are cast, and likely cast iron. The first one may have been chilled cast iron. In that process the part of the mold with the top plate is rapidly chilled, giving it a bit of extra hardness. However, that process can also make it brittle. It does sort of look like it might have had a separate top plate, but I don't know of any firms outside the U.S. which used that process for anvils. The extensive damage to the second one lead me to be about 99.9% sure it was just cast iron, and of low quality. The anvil under the first one also appears to be cast, and I again suspect cast iron. If you are in Russia, where would a Russian blacksmith go to buy a new anvil today? Are they produced anywhere within Russia, or would you have to obtain one from Eastern Europe, such as the Chezh Republic (which are cast steel, but sometimes of questionable quality)? Interestingly all shown are single horn. I thought double horned anvils were predominate in that area of the world. | ||
| vladimir demidov (Demid)
New member Username: Demid Post Number: 4 Registered: 6-2009 |
Thenk you for the answer . I collekt this old (and not so old) anvils for my own museum, not for use. I,m espessialy interest that the old anvil mast heav autentik viev, withaut elektrik welding, grinding , ets. What are you thinking about my mousehole 400lb anvil? It is interesting that first word M&H is ... wrong, and i dont see the point between the 338. Yes, i,m live in Russia, and russian blasksmiths can by new anvil 0.35 C cast stil withaut hardened area in the shops, ( not good , but normally for working), and we must true ty founa old anvils in good condition and use this. We dont by European avils, becouse it is very expensiv for usually blasksmith. Sorry for my English. I,m just only a smith,not writter. )) | ||
| Ken Scharabok (Ken_scharabok)
New member Username: Ken_scharabok Post Number: 349 Registered: 3-2006 |
Yes, the first line of a Mousehole is M&H, which stood for brothers Morgan and Henry Armitage. When Morgan died Henry took over the operation and changed the logo to HENRY ARMITAGE. After he died his children changed back to M&H, but added FORGE after the MOUSE HOLE. Not all M-Hs had the punch marks between the weight numbers. I'm a bit surprised a Mousehole, and a large one at that, ended up in Russia. Oh, if anvils could only speak. My personal anvil is a 160 LB FISHER dated 1906. I am sure I'm perhaps the 4th or 5th owner of it. In excellent condition, someone else will own it in the future. No reason why, if not abused, it shouldn't last hundreds of more years. We have several companies in the US which sell tools predominately made in China. One, Harbor Freight, imported a 110 LB (50 kg) anvil from Russia. Sort of like my current girlfriend - short, fat and ugly, but can get the job done. Those which have tested them say they are cast steel, but of a low grade. I don't know why but Harbor Freight no longer sells them. Unfortunate as they did meet the requirements of a beginner blacksmith at under $1 USD pound. In the US today there are few anvil manufacturers left, and then mostly for farriers/horseshoers. Almost all of the larger, usually double-horned and cast steel, anvils come in from the Chezh Republic. Some from Germany. They run roughly $4 USD per pound and quality seems to vary from batch to batch. Also here today there are still lots of old British and US anvils available, but due to supply and demand (and collectors) the price keeps bumping upward there also. | ||
| Vladimir Ddemidov (Demiddemid)
New member Username: Demiddemid Post Number: 1 Registered: 2-2011 |
 Hello! The serial number of my maushole anvil. Wanted to know the exact year and details. Thank you | ||
| Ken Scharabok (Ken_scharabok)
New member Username: Ken_scharabok Post Number: 438 Registered: 3-2006 |
What is the question? | ||
| Vladimir Ddemidov (Demiddemid)
New member Username: Demiddemid Post Number: 2 Registered: 2-2011 |
Sorry the question was on the right hand of the foto. The question is "Hello! The serial number of my maushole anvil. Wanted to know the exact year and details. Thank you" | ||
| Vladimir Ddemidov (Demiddemid)
New member Username: Demiddemid Post Number: 3 Registered: 2-2011 |
Well. Here is an old anvil from my collection. I would like to know the time of manufacture and any information. Thank you.   | ||
| Ken Scharabok (Ken_scharabok)
New member Username: Ken_scharabok Post Number: 452 Registered: 3-2006 |
No reliable way to identify anvil. However, looks like it might even go back several hundred years. Oldest I recall seeing. | ||
| Vladimir Ddemidov (Demiddemid)
New member Username: Demiddemid Post Number: 4 Registered: 2-2011 |
Thank you for your comment. This type of anvil similar to the ancient Russian style, prevalent in 10 - 12 centuries. Although of course it is unlikely that she is old. How could she continue with the times?  | ||
| Vladimir Ddemidov (Demiddemid)
New member Username: Demiddemid Post Number: 5 Registered: 2-2011 |
A few more photos from different angles      | ||
| Ken Scharabok (Ken_scharabok)
New member Username: Ken_scharabok Post Number: 454 Registered: 3-2006 |
All I can say about it is that it does indeed belongs in a museum. Likely an early example of iron manufacture with molten metal poured into a form. |