So next time you think of an anvil you'll realize they're not just used for dropping on road runners. Just about every edge on the anvil can be used to forge in one way or another. I know I didn't go into extreme detail on all of the uses of each part of the anvil (honestly I didn't want to bore you too much), but as least now you have the basics. It is sort of sacrificial and keeps you from putting a mark in the anvil face. This is called the table and it is used when chiseling through steel. There is also a mark under the number 2, it is three horizontal lines and another line going from the top line, on its left corner, towards the bottom line, on its right corner. That converts to 182 pounds, and a digital scale had it at 180. Notice a flat section on the largest part of the horn. That marks are on it is the hundred weight on the left side, it is 1 2 14. It can also be used as a bottom fuller (a fuller is a rounded tool for stretching steel) and the tip is great for opening up pipe when making candle cups. The horn works great for bending steel and since it's tapered it has many different diameters to work with. Mousehole Forge was one of the last British anvil makers to change from the old style to the modern (more blocky) feet. That's why they tend to sag, sway, and chip the soft body deforms and the hard steel face cracks because it can't move the same. Peter Wright always used the best quality new iron, so they are often softer than other English anvils that were built up from scrap wrought iron. Mouse Hole Forge was known for putting punch marks between the numbers and sometimes only they remain of the logo stampings.Now the top of the anvil is called the face and it's used for general forging, flattening out pieces and is great for straightening out long pieces. Weight markings are in the British stone system to w the first represents multiples of 112 (1/20th long ton), the second multiples of 28 and the third remaining pounds. The body is wrought iron, too soft to be of use as a hammering surface. 3 anvil weight (33.6 lbs) plus 8 lbs or 154 lbs. If Im not mistaken it means 1 anvil weight (112 lbs) plus. The marked weight is usually off from scale weight a couple of pounds. Posted : 8:34 am Gary Mulkey Posts: 775 Noble Member Apprentice Bladesmith Scott, The 1 3 8 is the weight. In this case the anvil originally weighed 126 pounds (112 plus 0 plus 14). The first number represents multiples of 112 (1/20th long ton), the middle one multiples of 28 and their last remaining pounds. competitor.Įnglish produced anvils can frequently be identified by the stone weight system used on them at the waist, usually on the side with the horn to the right, such as 1 0 14. The middle position equals quarters (1/4) of a hundred weight. Fisher & Norris (see below) would have been their major U.S. Rules: Any position can be zero, and IF zero is marked with a zero character (0). was pretty well dominated by English produced anvils, with Mouse Hole Forge, Peter Wright and, to a lessor degree, Wilkinson and William Foster the dominant exporters. Until the late 1800s the high-quality anvil market in the U.S. Mousehole Forge anvils can be dated from their logos: Trevor's is circa 1854 - 1875: M&H ARMITAGE MOUSEHOLE FORGE M&H = Morgan and Henry All Mousehole anvils are pretty well 'handmade'.' Source: The Mousehole Forge by Richard A. Mousehole Forge contined to use water power (heave or tilt hammers) long after other manufactures switched to mechanical hammers. There is a coastal English town named Mousehole and it was well known as the site of a brief French invasion about the time the forge was started. In England a bend in a river with a deep spot is known as a mousehole and Mousehole Forge was located at such as spot. The square handling holes in an old anvil are called mouseholes. 'The origins of the name of Mousehole is not certain. Part of the premises has now been converted to a private residence. Mousehole Forge, Malin Bridge, Sheffield, England, dates from 1628, pre Industrial Revolution, and is situated on the River Rivelin. We have since been able to track down the origin of this as from Mousehole Forge. A few weeks ago we placed a picture and query regarding an anvil with a mouse brand on it on behalf of Trevor Goodacre ( Trevor's Museum) who shares so many of the objects he has collected and their histories.
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