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Blacksmiths Stake Anvil

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Photos from Ted Mays, Tool Collection Tour Blacksmiths Stake Anvil

The blacksmiths' stake anvil is rarely seen today. However, they serve a number of useful purposes.

They were an auxulliary anvil to heavy forging anvils that often had no horn.
The slender arms are useful for shaping rings and collars.
In small shops that did occasional light forging or riveting they may have served as the only anvil.
They are the precursors to specialized sheetmetal stakes and served for that purpose until the late 19th century.

Stake anvils range in weight from 30 pounds to over 100 pounds. The heavier stake anvils often served as general purpose anvils in the field.

This stake has a tapered shank. It is to be used in a stake plate or a stump, NEVER an anvil hardy hole

Forged Steel
Round Horn 7.75" long
Square Horn 9.75" long
17.5" tall
Weight 28 pounds
Good Condition

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