All I have is this. Landlady I had back in the early 90's had this one sitting out back. Either was her deceased husband's or some boyfriend's who ended up locked up. When I moved up the hill when my wife and I got together, she gave it to me as she had no use for it. When I moved back east I gave it to my shootin' and bs'n buddy as he had a forge and could always use another anvil. He passed a few years back, and I was out this way, so I drove over to the coast to get it from his widow.

Only marking I have ever found was an "L" or "7" depending on which way I looked at it, as I recall

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While I was picking it up, his widow asked if I'd like the vice on a stand also:

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Cole Tool Mfg

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I should get after restoring them one day.


The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)

member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?