Here is an anvil I picked up on Ebay made from an old railroad iron. The top is 2 1/4 inches wide by 12 3/4 inches long, and is about 4 inches in height. I haven't looked up info on railroad irons, but this seems like it was originally narrow gauge rather than standard.
Today was relatively nice, so I went to work on the anvil. Whoever had it before me worked it over pretty good and as you can see it has a lot of dings. Some pretty deep. The top looked exactly like rusty bottom so there was quite of bit of work just to get the rust off. There's still a long way to go and some of the dings are just going to have to stay, being so deep. But, I think I can work around them.
I think the shape is pretty neat, and that's the main reason I bought it.
In between grinding away on the anvil, I decided to make a holder for some decorative metal stamps. But, I didn't have time to finish the project. I'll post a pic of that, ah well, sometime!
An oversight: I should pay more attention. I see there are new followers of the blog, so a belated welcome to you, and thanks.
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