Monday, September 1, 2025

Monday Mystery, anvil/vise, unknown maker


Found in Eastern Ontario on the auction site, Maxsold, this is an anvil/vise of unusual configuration. It's been sold for $57. No idea who made it, anyone? 

Thanks, Ken1

 

2 comments:

Dave said...

Looking at this picture, that "tongue" on the bottom is interesting and must (maybe?) play some part in how the vise is mounted:

https://i.maxsold.com/_/full:1x/plain/https://cdn-d12srav5gxm0re.maxsold.com/auctionimages/100111/1755366622/wanvil_vice_clamp_tool_pipe_bender-38-1.jpeg

The pin and hole method of adjusting the jaw opening is a lot like the "Chaney" patent from 1914, but whether this one is a predecessor or a copy or what, I just don't know:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/vkgAAOSwzDRkXlVp/s-l1600.webp

Sure would be interesting to take a wire brush to it and look for some kind of name on it.

Anonymous said...

It is probably some kind of wagon anvil, used for repairs while on the dirt road... I have seen them with hollow cores for sliding the wagon shaft through. But that makes it fracture-prone. This may be a differing schema.