If you do this I'd like to see a photograph of markings. What is left in depressions sometimes make stampings very easy to make out. About 1910 they added ENGLAND under PATENT.Ī way to help bring out lettering is to lay on side and dust with flour. Then SOLID WROUGHT in a circle usually with the middle weight number stamped in it.
You may have a very early PW since in 1860 on their typical logo was (stacked): PETER WRIGHT PATENT. A classic sign of a post-1860 PW are small ledges on the front and back feet. Might be an inspector mark or perhaps it meant it was approved for export. Occasionally stamps were put on upside down. Perhaps when someone did your's they simply forgot where to put the SOLID WROUGHT circle or the weight. If ENGLAND is added, then late 1880 to early 1900s. If it just says PETER WRIGHT PATENT, then likely 1860-late 1880s. "It is difficult to age a PW after 1860 when they went to the now classic London pattern. I don't remember where I found the following so I can't give credit where credit is due, but this is something I found when trying to look it up. There a very small amount of sway that's perceptible with a straight edge. Good rebound except for the heel which also has two divots that appear to be from a torch. I got my 194 lb PW by watching the Pittsburgh craigslist as I had a friend offer to bring anything I found down on a moving truck to Texas. I was hunting for lighter anvils to carry when I teach, paid US$150 two years ago *mint* face and horn, one foot had the end broken off-no impact on it's use! Funny that our wives ended up making the transfer at the university (actually my wife asked a passing student to move it for her.) The 112 I picked up off of Craigslist in Albuquerque.
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Didn't take long or long for me to figure it out.sneaksie apprentice my precious!) Sure hope he liked the vice because I love the anvil and took it with me to be the "larger" anvil in my down south small portable set up. The next time our friend was over at my shop he snuck it in and waited for me to notice. My second 165# one was traded for a wilton cadet vise and some boot with a gentleman on this board and took nearly a year for blacksmith's mail to deliver it to my shop: (My apprentice picked it up on his way to California and then finally took it to a large SCA event which a friend local to me was attending. My fiancee told me that he remarked to his friend "He's more of a man than he looks!") (What I remember about this one is the seller asking me how I was going to get it to my car-so I picked it up abnd carried it over. My first 165# was bought at a yard sale for US$100 about 30 years ago-my wife to be told me I should get it and we celebrate 30th anniversary this summer.Face had been re done by someone who knew their business. Fresh cup of coffee is about perfect in my experience.I own 3 Peter Wrights, 2 around 165# and 1 around 112#. If goes on best if the piece is warmed up, smoking hot is too hot but more than 100f. I use the same stuff to finish forged items. I like a good paste carnuba wax floor polish, the can I've been using for a few decades now is "Trewax," but "Bowling Ally Wax," is a top shelf product. If you want to protect her from rust, brush her well then a light coat of a: polymerizing oil, Boiled linseed oil is popular, A good spray preservative is LPS-3, it soaks into all the little nooks and crannies, has rust inhibitors and leaves a coat of tough wax. That beautiful old lady doesn't need more than MAYBE a wire brushing to dust her body off and some hot steel beaten on her face to put a proper shine on it. An anvil that weight is plenty heavy to do serious work but light enough to move without straining.
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It'll be some time while while the blacksmith aspirants gain knowledge and experience before they know how to arrange the shop to work best for them. Honest, that beautiful old lady only has some wear on her, she isn't injured let along broken.ĭon't sweat what she weighs, it's not really important, 123lbs.
As Thomas says welding on an anvil is risky IF you know what you're doing if not it will leave the anvil in worse condition than it is now. The edge damage is minor there is plenty of edge left in other locations to do what you need an edge for. If you'll put your general location in the header you might be surprised how many of the Iforge gang live within visiting distance. Welcome aboard, glad to have you, heck get your whole family on board.
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