The anvil tools appear to have been "signed" (stamped) with the name of the smith or shop that made them, so may be commercial anvil tooling rather than something made as a one-off thing by a smith for his own use. I suppose 600 bucks in today's marketplace is not an out-of-line price for a Peter Wright anvil of this weight in reasonable shape. I've seen worse-looking no-name anvils than the one in this thread going for bigger money from "blacksmith tool dealers" on our local Craigslist. Back "in the day", a dollar a pound was the going rate. I am always amazed at the prices anvils are going for. The Kohlswa is cast from manganese steel and is a different animal, but a good anvil as well. We carry the best farrier and blacksmith anvils on the market with brands like Emersons, Atlas. The Peter Wrights are fine anvils with a nice rebound and ring to them and a nice proportioning. Shop premium anvils for sale online at Centaur Forge. I've got two (2) Peter Wright anvils of about 125 lbs apiece, and one (1) Kohlswa Swedish anvil of 200 lbs in my shop. Antique cobblers anvil Louisville, KY 25 2 RR Irons for Anvils Bedford, KY 75 Railroad Track Anvils Elizabethtown, KY 40 Antique Cast Iron Cobbler Shoe Repair Stand Anvil W/L4 and D1 (added). I think the anvil in this thread is "legit", but seeing an anvil with a coat of paint always makes me a bit suspicious. He got it home and discovered it was once an anvil, but had been builtup with bird-shit welding and then "restored" to anvil like shape using Bondo, after which it got a coat of heavy black paint. The black paint job has me remembering a sad thread about a fellow in Maine (if I remember right) who bought a "black painted anvil shaped object" at an auction. How this relates to overall condition of the anvil and sale price is something I do not know. The steel face could be repaired using welding with hard-facing electrode. Peter Wright anvils had what was called a "chilled steel face" welded to a wrought iron body. The Peter Wright anvil in this thread has seen some use as the face is kind of "swaybacked" in the middle. The Perun Swiss style anvil has one horn and a number of unique features well suited for artistic blacksmithing.The larger anvil tool with the slots is likely for forging toe calks on draft horse shoes. We offer 3 different models with the 2 horn anvil having a longer face than in most one-horn anvils of the same weight, this allows to work with longer steel stock when needed. We had the anvils independently tested for hardness and test results show an average inferred hardness of 57HRC on the edges and faces. The curved end of the anvils allow for easy removal of hardy tools and all bases have upsetting blocks. The special shape of the slim horn allows for complex but precise work such as bending material at any angle or making rings with a regular diameter. Perun anvils have a heavy and uniquely curved base which is very stable and a completely flat milled bottom which transfers the energy really well while muffling bothersome sounds during forging. They are hardest in the middle with hardness decreasing towards the ends and edges to protect them from chipping and breaking over time. All anvils are checked after hardening and re-hardened if required. All anvils are cast in one piece (no welding) and every casting is checked for possible defects such a cracks and cavities before they are heat treated and machined. These anvils are made from a specially developed alloy steel containing Mn, Mo, Si, Cr, Ni resulting in anvils with a smooth surface on which workpieces easily slide, reducing fatigue (the faces of steel anvils without any alloy additions become rough over time). Eastern Europe has been producing anvils for a very long time and the Polish Perun anvils are well designed and produced with attention to detail.
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