![]() ![]() You really won't know until you weigh it. ![]() Peter Wright anvils were marketed as just that. The weight system of an anvil is only a google away: Blacksmithing FAQs Anvils. As someone else mentioned the other day on another thread an inch give or take on these bigger anvils goes a long way. The numbers stamped on the side are 1 2 2. The 1-1-1 on the anvil is the weight of the anvil in an old system of units. With regards to the country of origin marking, it was stated in section 6, page 58 in. Peter Wright Anvils are some of the finest quality anvils. Due to the 'Made in England' markings, I would assume it was produced after March of 1891. The '2068' sure looks like a Serial Number, but I dont know. I cleaned it up a bit and found these steel-stampings. The face was covered with condensation pitting. I had an anvil that had spent 50 years in an unheated shed in a swampy area near a creek in Ohio. To the best of my recollection and straight off the top of my head those were the measurements but that was a few years ago. I just bought my first Peter Wright Anvil. The hardened face of an anvil is of limited depth and many a 'cleaning up the face' has taken 100 years of use life off of it or sometimes even ruined it. At the feet the base is 14" wide side to side and 12" long from to back. The face is 5 1/2" wide it stands 14" tall, has a 1 1/4" hardy hole and is 36" long overall. Unfortunately this one is in a storage unit right now several miles from here but I did measure it once. The dimensions you gave are very close to what the dimensions of this anvil are, IIRC. The only markings it has are a capital "B" on the right side at the top of the arc between the feet just below the waist and 2 - 1 - 17 but no other markings whatsoever. a few gallon difference could through it off quite a bit :) The truck scale would work but would need to do it with the exact same amount of gas in the car. Thanks folks - I am hoping someone with a PW of similar dimensions will pipe in with weight. ![]()
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