holly_williams•1mo agoProlific Poster

Vent: Found out my anvil is 50 years newer than I thought

So I was cleaning out my garage last weekend and decided to finally look up the markings on my anvil. I've had it for like 8 years, got it from an old guy who said it was his grandfather's. I always figured it was from the 1800s or early 1900s. Well I looked up the serial number on the side and found a site that catalogs anvil dates. Turns out my Fisher anvil was made in 1972, not 1892. I felt like an absolute fool. The old timer's story was just a story and I bought it hook line and sinker. Has anyone else found out their antique tool is actually way more modern than they thought? It's got me questioning all my other gear now.

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abbyk101mo ago

Oh man, that stings. The whole story falling apart like that has to be rough, especially after you had it pegged in your head as this cool old heirloom. You're definitely not alone though, I've heard plenty of people find out their "antique" tools were made way later than they thought, sometimes the stories just get passed down and exaggerated. A 1972 Fisher is still a solid anvil though, those later ones are still really well made and will last forever. It's more about the disappointment of the story being fake than the tool being bad, which totally sucks.

robinson.holly1mo ago

Eh, is it really that serious though? I mean yeah it's a bummer the story turned out fake, but you still got a solid anvil out of it. Some people don't even have a working anvil at all, so maybe just look at it like a cool piece of family lore that happened to be wrong.