I'm happy my pun was taken in the spirit in which it was meant. I enjoy richhodg66's posts and meant no sarcasm nor disrespect.
While the farriers I used to know, carried separate vises and anvils on their trucks, I'm a little ashamed I didn't recognize the vise, as back in my 30s I was training horses as a sideline and had considered seeking an apprenticeship with a farrier.
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Nice score! These vises are pretty good all around shop tools, but aren't particularly good anvils (being cast iron, they tend to be brittle and break under heavy usage), so don't be too tempted to do any heavy hammering. Normal shop and farm repairs it's great for though!
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None of our Farriers ever carried anything like this...it's neither a good anvil nor a good vise but it looks interesting. Might work out in a garage shop so long as you didn't need to open it too wide for anything. Just a rusty old piece of Americana.Originally Posted by smokeywolf
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I would love to have that in my gun shop for gun work. You don't need a monster . Rail Road rail makes a good one if you can do the converting work to make it. That one can be out side for rough stuff. Wheel bearing grease inside for threads as it can take the heat.
The only vice I got left is Coffee, gave all the others up years ago. Sept for guns n ammo
That is one beautiful piece of cast steel.
Congrats on a great purchase!
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Rich that might be out of the k-state foundry. The markings are usually ks co ag or some abbreviation of Kansas college of ag. They used to do quite a bit of cast iron work and lots of billet/ poured base anvils. I have a 175 pound anvil from one of the big pours in the 20s.
Rich: That's a nice anvil vise, Had a kid at our blacksmith guild buy one to use for knife making.
He pounded so hard that he cracked the anvil face. Tried to tell him but he wouldn't believe that
he would crack it. Best used for straighting out nails or capping rivets. wirebrush and wipe down
with past wax to keep the antique look.
Dave
I still haven't done anything with it, need to do that. No way am I going to do the kind of work that would hurt it, just not in me, LOL.
I will check for any markings that might identify it as a K state product. No way this weighs 175 pounds though, I'm guessing 50.
My old vices involved liquor and women. Now I'm too old for one, and too young for the other. Yours is very cool.
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