Matchlessantiques offers collectors and smiths this Excellent 122 lb. Trenton blacksmith anvil. This solid wrought iron anvil is about as nice as you will find. The face is flat and very clean.

1. Trenton Anvil Company

The edges are very nice (one side has some shallow chips). The hardie hole and pritchel hole look almost unused. Pictures say a thousand words, so please, take a real close look.

Trenton anvils were made by The Columbus Forge & Iron Company of Columbus, Ohio. They began production in the U.S.

In 1898 and continued forging anvils until 1953. Trenton anvils were made of solid wrought iron with a cast steel base. They were faced with a Swedish Tool Steel plate when available. The company advertised their anvils to have a superior shape, perfectly ground faces, straight holes, long pointed horns, long hard faces and tails, tempered edges to prevent chipping and a good clear ring. Information credited to Richard Postman's book, Anvils In America.

Signed copies of this interesting and informative book are available. Please write if you are interested in purchasing your own copy.This anvil's Trademark, is the name 'Trenton' inside a diamond shape. Under the trademark the anvil is stamped 'U.S.A.'

The weight mark, 'B 122' is on the left side of the front foot (the B is probably an inspectors mark) and the serial number, 'A2259 2' on the right side of the front foot indicates that this anvil was manufactured in 1901. Early Trenton anvils before 1908 have a hourglass depression under the base of the anvil instead of an oval depression like later ones did.This anvil has a fantastic rebound and ring. It's a really fantastic looking anvil and will be an excellent addition to any collection. Measurements are: overall length 25 13/16', face 3 1/2' x 15 7/16', horn 10 3/8', hardy hole 1', pritchel holes 9/16', height 9 3/4', base 9 1/4' X 11 1/8', weight 122 lbs. Lower 48 states s/h/i is $65.00BEFORE BUYING AN ANVIL, CONSIDER THIS: From first hand experience I have found that old anvils can have problems hidden under years of built up rust or paint. These problems can include welds, cracks, repairs, hammer marks, defects and even bondo or body putty.To prevent this from happening to our customers, we clean our anvils thoroughly to detect any faults and describe them accurately when we place them for sale. Matchlessantiques can confidently assure our customers that they can forget the worry and get what they pay for when buying from us.

We offer a money back satisfaction guarantee on all anvils, less the shipping costs.

Greetings,According to my quick read of Anvils in America you have:A Columbus Forge and Iron made anvil. (Columbus, OH.) Probably with a cast iron base welded to a solid wrought upper works. (weld at the waist.)Serial number 18199 would have been 1900. (1900 ran from 12001-20,000)Very good quality anvils. Looks like yours is in pretty decent shape.There were Trenton anvils imported from Germany before 1890, but this isn't one of them.

The feet details are wrong. So it's definitely a CF&I anvil.I would say you have scored well.Regards,Brian. I would have to agree, that it is not a Trenton (unless it is an early one). I have a 1926 built 158# Trenton #193904, and you can see the hammer marks up and down the whole waist under the tail and the horn. Also the pocket on the underside is oval and not shaped to match the foot. Early CF&I anvils were cast base, not sure if they continued that into the Trenton line.On mine the weight and serial are heavily stamped, but the Trenton marking is barely there, can only make out the `ento' part of the name.For those who don't know it, Columbus Forge & Iron was started by Sy and Carl Wright (descendants of anvil maker Peter Wright), They forge welded the Trenton Anvils under a Steam Hammer. If you look at the image on the front of Anvils in America, that is a painting by Nathan Green (painted in 1996), based on photographs of anvils being made at CF&I, the fellow in the center is Carl, and Sy is the fellow on the tongs.The history above is from a friend who knew Richard Postman.

Below was also related to me when I was looking for more info on my anvil back in 2007. `As an aside, Mr.

Postman told me he had met someone who had worked for CF&I before they closed. He noted the old metal sided building was hot as a furnace in summer and cold as a freezer in winter. He commented, apparently with pride, they had only one guy pass out due to the heat. Most of their workers were either direct or first generation Europeans and then mostly from Eastern Europe, such as Poland.' Kinda speaks about the type of immigrant workers we used to get plenty of in previous generations, and occasionally still get.Rich C. Sorry to hear about your experiences with Iforgeiron.

Trenton Anvil Company

Some sections are more active than others, and replies depend on how many other topics are hot, moving yours down the list (same with any forum). I havn't tried to setup a new profile after the last upgrade, but when I did it was easy and straight forward. If a topic gets burried you may have to bump it (create a new message in it to bring it to the top of the list).When was the last time you tried to contact the moderators? Here is the current Contact us page:The General discussion page, of course is the most active, but the others tend to see daily activity, it all depends on what people are looking for info on and how many visit.Regards,Rich C.

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