Subject: Anvil Identification

From: Willie Calhoun <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 11:20:42 -0500

A friend aquired an anvil from the back of a disk harrow.  The anvil is
approximately 100 years old and weighs about 400 lbs.  It appears to be
Spanish style.

With the horn to the left, the back side has an inverted triangle with a "C"
in it.  On the front side, the left foot has an "S" and the right foot has
an "N".

Any ideas as to the manufacturer?

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From: [email-masked] (W Thomas Powers)
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 96 13:50:10 EDT

>approximately 100 years old and weighs about 400 lbs.  It appears to be

By "Spanish style" do you mean double horned, often with one horn of
circular cross section and the other of rectangular cross section?

If so this is also Swiss, Italian, German, Swedish.......style

>an "N".  Any ideas as to the manufacturer?

Isaac Doss had one like this, (400# double horned),  and I believe it was
a Columbian made in Cleveland.

I had never seen an American made double horner before and I lusted in 
my heart after it but decided that moving the family into a tent and 
spending the rent money on an anvil would not be  conducive to my
continued longevity.... (especially after she let me by the Peter Wright 
at that garage sale...)

If your friend wants to sell it, I'd be interested.

Thomas Powers
Columbus, OH
(614)-443-3200