Bought an anvil today

[Bald1]

Sometimes you just gotta bend a piece of metal. Hammering on the back of my REED Vice was not optimal. I spotted a 67lb Vulcan anvil online over the weekend. Went to look at it this morning and bought it. It came with the butcher block stand. I cleaned up a few of the markings a little. The company logo is self explanatory. I assume the "67" is the weight. I'm wondering if the E-8-67 means May 8 1967 ? Or is it a model number ? I know there are some metal workers here, and thought someone might know. It's in great shape with nice edges. It'll clean up nice. I know Vulcans are not rare or highly collectible like some others but for less than $2 a lb it beats a Harbor Freight special. First pic was the CL add.

 

[6518John]

You are ready for coyote season now!

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I would want a more stable stand, before I did any heavy hammering!

Ivan

 

[bobsguns]

I was given an anvil that belonged to my great-grandfather. It had laid buried in a field for 75-100 years!

I haven't cleaned it up yet, it's on my to-do list of things.

Cool score, OP!

 

[Bald1]

I would want a more stable stand, before I did any heavy hammering!

Ivan

Surprisingly that stand is plenty solid. I thought the same thing looking at pics. It will do but I may cut a big red oak round to 30" and mount it to that. We'll see.

 

[gjgalligan]

I was given an anvil that belonged to my great-grandfather. It had laid buried in a field for 75-100 years!

I haven't cleaned it up yet, it's on my to-do list of things.

Cool score, OP!

Before & after pictures please.

 

[ladder13]

That's one big hunk of metal.

 

[swsig]

Did you buy the extended warranty?

 

[Bald1]

No warranty. Maybe rust proofing

 

[RSBH44]

Nice, are you going to launch it ? !!
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[Bald1]

No I will not be shooting it. In fact I just finished cleaning it up. Looks good. I'm going to stop there.

 

[lihpster]

Sure looks like it's seen some use. Nice score!

 

[boykinlp]

No I will not be shooting it. In fact I just finished cleaning it up. Looks good. I'm going to stop there.

VERY COOL!
Larry

 

[Breakaway500]

This is my 125lb. GE farriers anvil. Bought it about 50 years ago when I was shoeing horses in Ca. and had it on a slide-out setup on my 1964 F100.
Gave that profession up when I left Ca.

It's now in the shop on a hickory stump. I use it often.

 

[Bald1]

Breakaway, that's cool. Over the winter I might mount mine on an Oak round.

 

[Jaco1234]

Vulcan anvils are related to Fisher anvils.
Both are cast anvils with a tool steel faced cast in place.
Sorry I don't have a Vulcan ad.

 

[smoothshooter]

I was given an anvil that belonged to my great-grandfather. It had laid buried in a field for 75-100 years!

I haven't cleaned it up yet, it's on my to-do list of things.

Cool score, OP!

Must be more of a story there.
Why was it buried?

 

[LoboGunLeather]

You are ready for coyote season now!

My preferred source for anvils will always be the Acme Company. Amazingly fast delivery anywhere in the desert southwest.

They also have rockets for every purpose!

 

[Bald1]

Yes but if you pay close attention, all of Acme's products seem to malfunction

 

[444 Magnum]

Nice anvil. I've had an anvil on my wish list for quite a while. I don't do much steel work, I just want one. I picked up a piece of R/R track to tide me over for now. It's good to beat and bent on also.

 

[Protocall_Design]

Yes but if you pay close attention, all of Acme's products seem to malfunction

Everything but the anvils...

 

[rwsmith]

I'd like to have an anvil....

For some things I make I just need something heavy to pound on. And if I had one I'd probably break the ice on that blacksmith hobby that I always wanted to pursue.

I think that the designation is the weight but some of the (I think English anvils) are by 'hundredweights' which is 112 lbs.

Something like a 1-0-6 would be a 118 lb anvil. Read across:

1 hundredweight + 0 + 6

But I don't know what the 'E' is on yours and there are only two numbers after and they don't seem to add up to anything that resembles your anvil.

 

[jeffrefrig]

I'd hate to be the UPS driver delivering the anvil.

 

[Kitgun]

The anvil in OP sure looks like it weights more than 67 pounds.

 

[bobsguns]

Must be more of a story there.
Why was it buried?

My cousin who found it & gave it to me is deceased, so I can't ask his opinion.

My thought is, it was in a shed that eventually fell apart after my great-grandfather died in 1954. The weight of it caused it to bury into the ground. My cousin farmed the old property fields & he eventually plowed it up.

I'll never use it for its intended purposes, I have a new one to be beaten upon. I'll just clean it up somehow & display it in the garage. It's the only thing my great-grandfather owned that I have. Lots of stuff my great-grandmother owned, mostly furniture. But I was named after my great-grandfather, so the anvil means a lot to my sentimental old ***.

I have my paternal grandfather's single bbl 12ga & all of my dad's guns. None are worth hardly anything, but they were family-owned so that means something to me. Sadly, my nephew could care less & I have no kids. I think my cousin's son might get them but he's in the Navy these days. Ah, well.

 

[bobsguns]

Yes but if you pay close attention, all of Acme's products seem to malfunction

How does an anvil malfunction?????

 

[bobsguns]

I'd hate to be the UPS driver delivering the anvil.

You should see them delivering ammo to my buddy's shop.

 

[Bald1]

The anvil in OP sure looks like weights more than 67 pounds.

Your right. I weighed it and the very accurate , calibrated digital scale said 74lbs. I thought it was 67 because that's what the sell said.

 

[chief38]

A true Anvil is something I lack in my workshop. I get by with an old section of Rail Road track that I picked up many years ago. Not an Anvil, but adequate for the small metal jobs I do. At this point I doubt I will ever have true one. Space in my workshop is very dear and there are many other things I'd rather take up that space with that would get used more often.

I have always wanted one - but could just never justify the space I'd need around it and the cost of a really good quality Anvil for the small jobs I do.

 

[Bald1]

Well Chief, I may not have one after all. I finished up the light resto on anvil and stand. It was sitting in garage when my wife came home from work Friday. She says "what are you going to do with that?" I said I'm going to beat on it with a hammer lol. She suggests it might look nice near fireplace in living room.