r/Tools • u/StarSlayerX • 1d ago

I discovered my great-grandpa's anvil

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Unfortunately he was a depression age hoarder, and it took me 2 months to cleaning out this old garage.

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u/tavariusbukshank 1d ago

If you asked me what this was, anvil would have been further down on my list of guesses. That rail looks like it was cut with a splitting maul.

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u/nullvoid88 1d ago

Related... got this for a song from a neighbor a few months back; as I already have an anvil it's just awaiting a home/use. (Actually posted this photo here back when I got it.)

That rail is made of tough stuff... measures about 12" long by 5-1/2" tall.

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u/Least-Monk4203 1d ago

Dad use to cut some pretty nice ones out of t-rail. He even milled out a horn and flat on a few. The best one was from a dragline bucket tooth, he worked on that sucker for the longest time.