9/2/2023 0 Comments Fisher anvil weight markings![]() Given the lack of a logo I'm assuming it was perhaps cast in the 1950s or 60s? The only markings I've found so far is a "200" cast into the front right foot and an upside-down "R65" cast on the base below the heel, there is also what looks like a little tag mounted that says "14065". I suppose the gray could be some sort of primer, but I suspect it may have been the original paint job and this was a navy anvil, I believe the Navy purchased Fishers exclusively. It seems to have a heavily flaking layer of creamish colored paint over, what appears to be Navy Gray. It has no logo-but I'm almost 100% sure it is a Fisher because of the shape, bolt lugs, and weight cast into the right front foot (200). You may not be able to tell from the photos but it looks like it has barely been used, needless to say I was not willing to leave the auction without it. © 2005-2007 Jock Dempsey, just picked up this anvil at an auction for a good price. ASO's on ebay Dealer Fraud - avoiding getting stung.German Anvils Comparison of types early and modern.Not many Fisher anvils are their exact advertised weight. Fisher probably intended them to be 200 lbs +/. I do not have that pattern in the collection I wish I did. Quality, welding and other anvil miscelania Did the dimensions of mine match yours The anvils look identical and were probably made from the same pattern. ![]() Selecting an Anvil Which is right for you? Types of anvils.The catalog listed these as "Cast Steel" and the same for the inferior "Star" brand anvils made by the same methods. Note lack of bolting lugs found on later anvils and the more distinct Eagle logo. These were probably used in a factory situation where a horn was unnecessary. These relatively rare anvils had two hardy holes and two small pritchel holes. The Sawyer strikes the blade in a regular pattern to put tension in the metal so that the blade does not flutter or vibrate while turning. The blade sets on a stand where the sawyer can rotate the blade while it is setting flat on the anvil. Sawyers anvils are a heavy flat block used to tension or "tune" big circular saw blades. The top is smooth/straight and has a 3/4' hardie hole and 1/2' or so round hole. Right Side Middle - Some type of Eagle imprint. Left, a 500 pound Fisher-Norris Eagle Sawyers anvil. It is 100 and (with the horn pointed away) has: Left side top - TRENTON 99 CAST STEEL. Cast markings are easy to identify as they are usualy raised figures rather than stamped into the. A few are marked in kilograms and some cast anvils are marked in pounds rounded to the nearest 10 pounds (250 25). Anvils made in other places (including many Swedish anvils) are often marked in pounds. The anvil is 19-1/2' from horn to heel, 3-3/8' wide, and 9-1/4' tall. American made anvils are marked in pounds. I also havent found a true weight identification, despite a close inspection. The oxidation is making it hard to see clearly. Top swages were sometimes hand held but they were also often supported on a pivot and foot operated.įor more on chainmakers anvil tools see Chainmaking in the Black Country Looking at the logo, I am thinking it is a Fisher based on what I believe to be an eagle. The holes through the body were used to support a bottom swage or top and bottom combination for dressing the chain link at the weld. Many of these anvils have survived the machines they were made to go with.įisher-Norris also made other types of specialty anvils such as sawyers anvils and chainmakers anvils.Ĭhainmakers anvils were very specialized. This is a special made for Chambersburg for their early helve type "Oliver" hammer (left). ![]() These were sold in the mid fifties thru 1979. They are also much quieter than wrought or all steel anvils which ring like a bell.Ībove, Late Fisher anvils with paper label. The Fisher process produced an economical and very servicable anvil. Up until this time all good anvils were forged from wrought iron and faced with tool steel that was forge welded to the body. They used a patent process that welded a tool steel plate onto a cast iron body in the mold when the anvil was cast. Fisher-Norris Eagle Anvils Fisher-Norris Eagle Anvils 1843 - 1979įisher-Norris was the first large scale manufacturer of anvils in the U.S. ![]()
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