Finally Found That Antique Anvil I Been Huntin'

[SOLANCO]

Poplar WILL rot. Get some white oak... and maybe treat it with something if it is outdoors all the time.

Yes, poplar will rot. White oak is better. Best if you come up with a good sized hunk of black locust. Rated for 90 years in ground contact untreated.

 

[Crown_Pointer]

Crown, I got that e-mail, too. The Kancas are nice; the Nimbas are objets d' art ...
http://www.nimbaanvils.com/titan.php

My friend in Wisconsin got a Nimba years ago. I'm pretty sure it was the 450lb "Gladiator". Absolutely beautiful - but out of my league. :-( If it were more than a hobby to me that's the one I would get. The shape of them is shear perfection and at that mass it might as well be the Rock of Gilbraltar.

I do have a tire hammer being built at the moment and the 7"dia x 36" long "anvil-to-be" on that looks like a hefty chunk of steel.

 

[Erwan]

Pretty fair shape for its age. Think I'll have a buddy stick it on the surface grinder and get it flat and true, but the search ended today with half a paycheck and a road trip up into West Virginia.

Elle est très belle...
I am jealous. Is it a real ACME?

 

[The Appalachian]

Elle est très belle...
I am jealous. Is it a real ACME?

It's a Peter Wright

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

My friend in Wisconsin got a Nimba years ago. I'm pretty sure it was the 450lb "Gladiator". Absolutely beautiful - but out of my league. :-( If it were more than a hobby to me that's the one I would get. The shape of them is shear perfection and at that mass it might as well be the Rock of Gilbraltar.

I do have a tire hammer being built at the moment and the 7"dia x 36" long "anvil-to-be" on that looks like a hefty chunk of steel.

Was a time when I would have wanted one of those... but that was back in the day when I could actually move that much mass around without just too much trouble. Overall, I am happy with my 50 pound Chinese-made anvil. I don't make heavy anchors for sailing ships, so have no need for an anvil that would overload the trunk of a car. When I was doing a lot of smithing, I mostly did exhibitions, which meant hauling the entire shop to different locations and then making variations on hooks mostly. A fifty pound anvil is good enough for that kind of work.

 

[TDM]

My little junk anvil allows me to do smaller work, but one of these days I sure would like to have something better. Wouldn’t take much.