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Message:: [QUOTE="Steersman, post: 352004, member: 239"]    It does look like a wrought iron waist to me.  if you didn't mind the nick, you could spark test it.     Is the face level?  Many old anvils have a little sway in the center, where they were struck the most.   I always thought it was due to loss of material, but have heard it said that it's actually due to the wrought iron under the face giving slightly over the years.   Even with the little chip, that really is an excellent face for an old anvil.     I've weighed a number of anvils marked with the English stone weight system.  I've never had one weigh exactly, or even within a pound or two what it was marked.  Been told they had to be within 10% of what they were marked.  Got a big scale handy?     Looks like a Peter Wright anvil to me, but there are some quite similar.  The slightest scrap of a mark would be a useful clue.  Normally found above the weight marks.[/QUOTE]