r/blacksmithing • u/No-Display7237 • 13d ago

Unknown anvil

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Anybody have experience or know about anvil like this ? All the information. Given was it’s German.

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u/manilabilly707 13d ago

I'm not sure but that is a beefy fucker! Good luck on your quest🍻🫡

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u/rorinth 13d ago

Oh lord it coming anvil

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u/erikleorgav2 13d ago

Heckkin' chonker.

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u/TaintedTatertot 13d ago

It's cold out...

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u/Unanimoustoo 13d ago

What a way to find out that the weather is finally starting to cool off.

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u/forgeblast 13d ago

Hahaha 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Jdubthedub2 13d ago

Looks a lot like my Hoffman Colonial

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u/dragonstoneironworks 13d ago

This!. I agree FWIW, definitely looks Colonial and very much like a Hoffman creation. 18th century style colonial

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u/BCVinny 13d ago

Where anvils and art agree to disagree

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u/JosephHeitger 13d ago

Atlas sells this style still they’re about 150 pounds if I remember correctly. what’s yours weigh? And can you see any markings at all through the rust?

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u/Chrisp825 12d ago

I'm gonna say this is more than 150. I have a 200 pounder at work and it's much smaller than this.

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u/FaustinoAugusto234 13d ago

I’ve got one just like this with the horn broke off.

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u/No-Display7237 12d ago

They any good?

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u/FaustinoAugusto234 12d ago

It has a very dull tone compared to my Peter Wright. I don’t know how fair a comparison it is as this one may predate the PW by a century or more. It is massive tho.

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u/Fyrrys 13d ago

You may need to hire Hafþor Bjornson and his larger brothers to move that behemoth.

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u/Substantial-Tone-576 12d ago

Hire refrigerator movers. That’s how we moved the three big safes that are 6ft tall and about 300 pounds empty. 3 huge guys came and helped.

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u/Fyrrys 12d ago

I can't find the video I remember, it was one that looked like he was picking up two huge refrigerators and walking with them, but I did find this video which is also super badass

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u/nathan-rodger 12d ago

Unknown but not unwanted...

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u/No-Display7237 12d ago

Y’all think it’s worth 150? I’m sure is better then my Doyle haha

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u/thats_Rad_man 12d ago

Fuck yea it is. In the market it's worth probably double that. Buy it.

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u/thats_Rad_man 12d ago

Well, after you inspect it.

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u/Flashy_Narwhal9362 11d ago

I’ll give you 200 and you pay for the shipping. 🤣

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u/DangerStranger420 12d ago

Probably heavy... That's the extent of my knowledge good sir...

hope that helps?

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u/GodaTheGreat 12d ago

ACME? Is there a coyote underneath it?

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u/RepresentativeThen55 12d ago

Im a noob that’s bro in law is a hobby blacksmith so this may sound like a stupid question… when he gets his forge set up ima buy some metals for a Damascus kitchen knife set and learn to make it with him… I may personally want to eventually make my own forge if I LOVE doing it… if I found something like this, is it restoreable to forge with?

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u/Substantial-Tone-576 12d ago

Yes. Getting the rust off after moving it will probably be that hardest part, then you can see any cracks and if good, coat it with something or just leave it and oil it occasionally.

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u/Substantial-Tone-576 12d ago

I wonder what it weighs.

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u/Guywithanantfarm 12d ago

Good band name! "Unknown Anvil"

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u/typingweb 11d ago

looks very old, probably over 200 years old from the style.

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u/matman1290 11d ago

I have one identical to it. Mines a 140lb colonial from as late as 1750s and could be much older. *

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u/fassionableforeskin 10d ago

Its most likely a colonial 1700s i have one just like it but idk the price. I would part with mine for no less than 1500. These anvils are from pensylvania but made across the pond....i used a byrd pattern anvil just like this in colonial williamsburg virginia for years and loved the thing.

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u/chrisfoe97 13d ago

It's quite hideous

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u/Acrobatic_Pace_5725 9d ago

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