(Trenton) They were neighbors and even had some forgings done at each others shops. was actually started by a former employee and anvil maker for Columbus Forge and Iron Co.
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. He mentions a serial number 37209 for one of them. Postman has record of just five of these anvils made for that company. It is in fact made by Columbus Anvil and Forging Co. Thanks again.Ĭlose! I also own two Trentons. As much as I hate the idea of anybody taking a grinder to an old anvil, I am just not sure if grinding the steel overhang off the soft part of the shelf is a good idea. Do you think it would hurt the value of the anvil if I would clean up the mushroomed sides of the cutting shelf? Just the overhanging steel that has been squished out past the original shelf. It has 2 grooves on both sides where it looks like they bent rod around it. I have no idea what they were doing with the cutting shelf. Thanks for suggesting Belknap as a search for that lead to me finding the iforgeiron page. From a post on iforgeiron I just found, this would put the lettering in about the right spot for it to be a Bullock hardware store stamp. After flour dusting the logo again I can just barely make out an OC above the Chicago. Do you know if the Trentons only had the pill shaped indent on bottom? You are correct about the cast iron base and forged top.