His dad had been a working smith who died in 1952 or so, and that Peter Wright anvil came from his dad's shop. The other Peter Wright came from a friend who got it from his dad. She sold me a mess of tools with the anvil for 25 bucks. I was a kid of 14, so the widow treated me right. The older of the two I got in 1964, from a quarry blacksmith's widow, and it was old then. I have two Peter Wright Anvils in my shop. The round hole is the "pritchel" hole- used for punching nail holes thru on horsehoes for themost part. Other tools for forming such as "swages" (for forming round work) or "fullers" (for necking and grooving or reducing the size of stock), or flatters, bending forks and anything else the smith needed to shape or cut the work were made up to fit into that hardy hole. The "triangular piece" you mention is likely a hardy or cutoff tool that fits in that hole. Anvil tools with square tapered shanks fit into that hole. The square hole you name on the anvil is the "hardy hole". For this reason, a good quality old anvil in reasonable shape is sought after. In reality, there are few remaining anvilmakers and the prices charged for a new anvil are astronomical. They are, IMO, a sought-after anvil by today's blacksmiths. They were popular with blacksmiths of all types as well as farriers (horsehoers). Peter Wright anvils were made in England and imported into the USA in large numbers. This was a popular weight of anvil for horsehoers and light-to-medium smithing. So, the weight of your anvil then = 110 lbs + 11 lb + 1 lb, or 122 lbs. The next "1" is the weight in tenths of a hundredweight, or 11 lbs, and the last "1" = the todd pounds, or 1 lb. 1 hundredweight = 120 lbs (if I remember right). The first "1" = the weight in "hundredweights". The 1-1-1 on the anvil is the weight of the anvil in an old system of units. Peter Wright Anvils are some of the finest quality anvils.
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