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Fisher anvil weight markings9/27/2023 If the weight is marked on american anvils, it will be in pounds, easy to understand, no code required. But if this is a Vulcan, that is an american made anvil, and should have an arm and hammer logo on it, on the side. If anyone can provide and info about this anvil Id appreciate it. Theres also a small '3' and a larger '2' located near the '1898' marking. Weighing it on a bathroom scale indicates its 72.5 pounds. Also, I have the pleasure to have worked with previous Blacksmith Apprentices from the mines here in Arizona. An English anvil could be OLD, but it could be as recent as 1900. But yet if it was made in 1884, then 1898 would be 15 years into the future There is an '8' marked near one foot. Now I have a link to send my co-workers to when we start talking knife making and metallurgy. The only readable inscriptions are as followed: along with a stamped number 18 on the base, below the horn. ![]() And, I do not want to "muddy the water" on the first request, so I will not offer a picture. It would provide a little family history. Not sure when the anvil showed up though. Anybody have any info on this piece Attachments Anvil1.1. It measures 14-3/4' high, 5-1/4' wide on top and 32' long. It looks like it had a eagle cast into the side but it is very faint. It has 'FISHER' and the number '30' cast into it. The family started farming in SE Illinois area in the mid-1800`s. 1 My dad has a big old anvil he wants to give me. It had been in the old farm shop since my great uncle gave it to me. My other is a 140 LB.(according to bathroom scale) Armitage. I have two sitting in my yard and a co-worker would like to know if I would sell it. Or, direct me to a site that may have images with a manufacturer. I would like to ask if someone would respond, if they have seen this in the past. I bought it about 40 years ago and have no history on it. Sawyers anvils are a heavy flat block used to tension or tune big circular saw blades. It was not for working shoes specifically though. Left, a 500 pound Fisher-Norris Eagle Sawyers anvil. Searching for a specific image of a logo I have on my old anvil I used as a farrier. These anvils still exist, and if you find one with just an anchor, it's likely a Southern market anvil.Been around the block on the internet though. The Southern people were reluctant to buy Fisher anvils post Civil War because of the Eagle symbol, so the company removed it for anvils being shipped South. ![]() This made it very difficult for Smith's to make horse shoes and general repairs for the southern army. The Federal Calvary, when raiding towns in the South, would make a point to finding the Blacksmith shop and destory their anvil whenever possible. United States Southerners did not like the eagle as a symbol because it represented the Federal Government, which the South held in contempt. There were continued eagleless anvils but there's an interesting reason for this, at least after the Civil War. I had one myself, a very nice anvil- wish Id have kept it. They were made in Columbus Ohio at the Columbus Forge and Iron Company. :-) Looks like Trenton: snip Contrary to what it would seem, Trenton anvils were not made in New Jersey as were the Fisher anvils in Trenton N.J. ![]() By the end of the Civil War, they had the Eagle holding an anchor as their solidified symbol. Any idea on age or weight keramikos, 2 years ago Hi, pjnelson1. The government bought mostly Fisher & Norris anvils and they came to be known as "Old Reliable." I think this is the case, because pictures of anvils pre-Civil War may or may not have had the Eagle, but more commonly an anchor. Ill try to get pictures up later, but for now, it has FISHER indented on one foot, some makers marks like LI III, and 4 dots stamped in the front of another foot. This is my personal conjecture, but I think the name they aquired by the government may have contributed to the Fisher & Norris symbol we are familiar with today. This weekend I picked up a Fisher anvil, but I cant for the life of me find any weight markings on it.
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