Arm And Hammer Anvil Serial Numbers

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Manufactured by Illinois Iron & Bolt Co., Carpentersville, IL AKA American Skein & Foundry Company. Original photos supplied by Gary 'Tote' of Virginia..

The Vulcan anvil is a cheaper cousin of the Fisher Eagle Anvil. They were made from about 1875 until about 1969. It is a steel faced cast iron anvil welded in the mold by a proprietary process. This anvil was in near NEW condition having the original cosmolene. It would have been perfect except for some shallow cold chisle marks in the face. The base is10' X 11'.

This anvil has a unique rolling stand with handles and tool racks. This doubles the weight of the anvil/stand combination.

Hammer

Arm and Hammer Attwood Stourbridge Badger Baker Bay State Black Jack Black Prince Bradley Brooks (Baker Vaughans Ltd.) Brooks and Cooper Buffalo Forge Centaur Forge (by Kohlswa) Central Forge (cast iron) Champion Charles Hadfield Cliff Carrol Columbus Anvil and Forging Columbian Harden Co Columbus Forge and Iron Cranberry CW Delta Denver Dural. Your serial number 38508 would put the production year within 1922-1923 Arm and Hammer anvils share many of the same shapes and qualities of Trenton anvils. Columbus Anvil and Forging Co. Was actually started by a former employee and anvil maker for Columbus Forge and Iron Co. (Trenton) They were neighbors and even had some forgings done at. The logo is really worn down, but after a ton of research I found it is a second generation Arm and Hammer (2nd gen as in 2nd logo design). There are remnants of numbers stamped below the logo, but its hard to make them out. From what I can tell, it looks like a 2 and a 6, but this definitely weighs more than 26 pounds.

Physical parameters of the anvil: Model #15

Arm Hammer Anvil Serial Numbers

  • Over All Length 22.5'
  • Height: 11-9/16'
  • Base: is10' X 11'.
  • Weight: Est. 167+ pounds

30 pound Vulcan Anvil with Logo

This is another fine example of a small Vulcan anvil sent to us by Jeff King of Iowa. Note that the logo is about the same size as on the 160 pound anvil above but is a different carving.

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The Guam Vulcan
An hisorical WWII relic at Anderson Air Force Base.

Arm And Hammer Anvil Serial Numbers Chart


Two Vulcans
A few anvils from the 40 year blacksmith tool collection of Ted Mays.