How many have an anvil?

[john k]

I am curious, how about a show of hands for who owns an anvil.   Not the ten ounce salesman sample ones, just the ones ten pounds and bigger.   Put me down for 3. 

[Papaw]

I want but don't have one, except for the anvil and horn on a Craftsman vise.

[Lewill2]

I have an old beaten and repaired one that is about 150#

[Mac53]

Mark me down for around 8 about 100lbs and up, and a few 55lbs and below

[Branson]

Three.  One with the tail broken off about the hardy hole, one farriers at about 85#, and a 100# .
Mmm, and there's that mystery anvil/vise that's about 35 pounds with a 1/2 inch hardy hole.

[gibsontool]

I have 3,one is around 10 lb's,one about 75 lb's and the 3rd is around 100 lb's and all of them are in decent condition.

[scottg]

The 10 pound limit is too small.
If you take it to 50, the bottom limit of what I consider real,
I would have none none none!!
And none too happy about that either!

  Under 50 I have several. As if they counted for all that much
yours Scott

[Papaw]

I had forgotten my rail anvil.

[Branson]

There are several anvils up on eBay right now, including Peter Wrights, Fishers, a Vulcan.

But there's also this one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Unusual-Small-Bench-Anvil-With-Mar-26-1898-Patent-Date-NR-/251098419499?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a76a1d12b

Seller notes: "Anvil is well-worn and has chips missing in the base and a chunk gone on the side for some kind of attachment?"

I can tell you what part is missing!  the rest of the vise!  This is the kind I have from my great grandfather, by a different maker I believe since the horn on this one is kinda funky.  You can see the two holes, one for the screw, and one for a stabilizing rod.  The missing jaw was threaded and ran on a track, which is the "some kind of attachment."

[Branson]

By the way, the patent date is on this anvil/vise.  Can more information be gathered from a patent date of Mar 26, 1898?

[mikeswrenches]

Put me down for one Vulcan of about 50-60 lbs. in very good shape.

Mike

[rusty]

>Can more information be gathered from a patent date of Mar 26, 1898?

Only that it is increasing unlikely that it is a US patent date. By 1895 the patent office is pretty consistant about releasing patents on Tuesday.
Mar 26,1898 is a Saturday...How many Patent offices are open saturdays?.

It is not a valid issue date, possible close dates would be Mar 22,1898, Mar 29,1898, or Mar 26,1895

The casting in the photo is clear enough that I don't think it is any of those...

---OK, for the truely bored, all the patent titles I have in 1800's with both anvil and vise in the title....

Patent #                  date(yyyy/mm/dd)     title
00019861   18580406   Vise-anvil for repairing t-rails
00056346   18660717   Improved anvil and vise combined.
00091909   18690629   Improved anvil and vise combined.
00203167   18780430   Improvement in combined anvil and vise.
00220342   18791007   Improvement in combined anvil and vise.
00220886   18791021   Improvement in combined anvil and vise.
00221448   18791111   Improvement in`combined vise and anvil.
00221781   18791118   Improvement in combined anvil and vise.
00225563   18800316   Combined anvil and vise.
00239686   18810405   Combined anvil, vise, and drill.
00240217   18810419   Combined anvil and vise.
00258855   18820530   Combined anvil and vise.
00296658   18840408   Combined anvil, vise, and drill.
00308820   18841202   Combined anvil and vise.
00326402   18850915   Combined anvil, drill, and vise.
00328550   18851020   Combined anvil, vise, and drill
00334626   18860119   Combined anvil, vise, and drill.
00362614   18870510   Horseshoe-vise attachment for anvils.
00380019   18880327   Combined anvil and vise.
00394857   18881218   Anvil and vise attachment.
00405982   18890625   Combined anvil and vise.
00425602   18900415   Combined anvil and vise.
00426362   18900422   Combined anvil and vise.
00426990   18900429   Combined anvil and vise.
00507061   18931017   Foot-vise for anvils.
00516288   18940313   Combined vise, drill, and anvil.
00532654   18950115   Combined anvil and vise
00533689   18950205   Combined anvil, vise, and drill.
00536219   18950326   Combined anvil, vise, and drilling-machine.
00549773   18951112   Horseshoe-calking vise for anvils.
00612415   18981018   Combined anvil, vise, and drill.
00624910   18990516   Combined anvil, vise, and drill.

RE009944   18811122   Combined anvil, vise, and drill

Even as an application date it is odd, tho possible I suppose, if the app date is the mail stamp date

[keykeeper]

One 70 pound Vanadium Steel anvil

and

One 162 pound Fisher anvil.

(and of course, my four pound Indestro, just because no one else has one like it on here!!!)

[Nolatoolguy]

I dont have a anvil, just a truck rim with steel plate welded to it. For the little anvily work I would need to do my home made rigged up anvil works.

[anglesmith]

I have 7 anvils over 118lb including 168 lb Sodefores ,320 lb Hay Budden and 415 lb  Peter Wright. I also have 3 anvil from 14 to 20 lb, but as ScottG said you cant really count them as real anvils especially as far as hot forging goes.
Graeme