Arm And Hammer Anvil Serial Numbers
At the Spring conference I picked up an 77 lb. Arm & Hammer anvil. It has the serial number 24621. Can anyone date this anvil?
Arm And Hammer Anvil Value
Look down low on the sides, possibly covered by the welded-angle clamp that's holding it to the base, for three groups of numerals. These express the weight of the anvil in an archaic style. First number is the number of Hundredweights (cwt.) which are 114 lbs avoirdupois. Second number is in Stone, which are 14 lbs adv.
Third number is pounds. If you see this weight marking, you can be sure the anvil is OLD. Of course, your anvil will not weigh as much as it might be marked because it is missing a big chunk. The base is cleverly designed.
Does it swivel on the truck planetary? JRR Last edited by SouthBendModel34; at 06:56 PM.
Reason: spelling avoirdupois. Cadzook, Noting that is your Post #1, welcome to the PM community. Your screen name is good - I take it as a take-off on 'Gadzooks' with a CAD slant. (Having written that, I'll be embarrassed if my take on it is totally wrong.) Timekiller, 'They broke an anvil' - oddly enough, this is the second anvil broken through the hardie hole that I've seen in my lifetime.
The other was a small-ish one, probably originally a 100-pounder, used as a doorstop at an antique shop in Whitehall or Fort Ann, NY. Just exactly how a non-flawed anvil could get broken in this fashion is unclear to me unless somebody pounded a wedge-shaped object into the hardie hole.
May 14, 2014 - This anvil is either a Hay budden, a Trenton or an Arm & Hammer. Those three brands used serial numbers. Because the serial number is on. Vulcan Anvil with Arm and Hammer logo. Images and information in the anvilfire anvil gallery.
Have heard that during the Civil War, the two sides would vandalize any anvils they found in the opponent's territory on the basis that they could be used to make or mend war material or cavalry horseshoes. The preferred method was knocking the feet off the anvil off with a sledge. (Source: OLDTOOLS mailing list.) On Edit This caused a demand for anvils after the unpleasantness was over. The Fisher & Norris works in Trenton made anvils without their eagle trademark to fufull this demand in the Southen states.
The federal eagle was not a welcome sight below the Mason-Dixon line during the reconstruction period. From the same source, I learned of another form of anvil abuse called 'firing the anvil' - using a powder charge to fling an anvil skyward during various celebrations. (I'm not kidding!) JRR Last edited by SouthBendModel34; at 01:57 PM. Reason: Added the On Edit paragraph. We'll have to wait for the OP to weigh in again on the markings.there definitely looks to be some markings on the body of the anvil not shown in full.you can just see it from the backside if you look at the left body. I was more making a point about striking a very cold anvil, causing it to break.
Arm And Hammer Anvil
Cast steel, wrought iron and cast iron would all be susceptible to breakage from cold. The OP is from Colorado.cold weather country. That's an abused looking tool regardless, that looks like it suffered many a day at the hands of an unskilled 'smith'. Southbendmodel34, I see a number of damaged anvils down here. The horn was regularly broken off and some just the mid section survived. Yes, they do 'shoot' anvils too. Stack two anvils base to base filling the void in the bases with black powder and light them off.
Watch Out for the Flying Anvil! Local city, band the practice, which was used to start the annual fiddlers convention I've wanted a broken anvil so I could advertise could fix anything but a broken anvil or broken heart. Never found one with the broken part(s) Ray.