Anvil Brands / Manufacturers
Very much an always work in process list of anvils and their manufacturers.
If you see a missing Brand, trademark, or manufacturer, or if something on this page is incorrect please contact me to let me know.
Trenton Anvil with Multiple Trademarks
Ferndale CA
Holey Anvil
Hay Budden Anvil
Pioneer Farms Austin Texas
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Trademark (Link to Waters Ironworks pages) |
Still Produced | Start / End | Country | Original Manufacturer (Link to company or distributor) | Examples | Notes / Source |
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| ????eson & Sons – Stourbridge | No | English | Anvils In America | |||
| A T C, USA | No | USA | Trenton | |||
| A. P. Tool Co. | USA | |||||
| Acciaio | Yes | China | Vevor | |||
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Acme (HB, Trenton) |
No | USA | Hay Budden, Trenton | Sears, Roebuck & Company trademark | ||
| Across the Anvil East | No | USA | Probably did not produce anvils. |
Steve Bloom (dec. Jan 11 2015) Freehold NJ – Listed in AIA but I’ve found no evidence he made anvils. |
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| Ajax | No | USA | Trenton | |||
| Alamo | No | USA | Alamo | |||
| Alldays & Onion | No | English | Alldays & Onion | Wikipedia | ||
| American Ross | No | USA | Probably did not produce anvils. | Referenced in AIA on pg 392 & Foxfire 5 on page 174.
I have not found supporting evidence this is a real manufacturer. Perhaps a misunderstanding with American Wrought. |
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| American Scale Co. | No | USA | ||||
| American Wrought | No | 1890/2 – 1912 | USA | American Wrought Anvil Company | ||
| American Wrought, Horse Shoe Brand | No | USA | Hay Budden | Montgomery Ward catalog (1895) | ||
| Anvil Brand | Yes | USA | Anvil Brand | |||
| Ardenne’s | No | France | ||||
| Arm & Hammer | No | USA | The Columbus Anvil & Forging Co. | |||
| Armitage, Morgan & Henry | No | English | Mousehole Forge | Pigot and co.’s national commercial directory for 1828-9 | ||
| Aslop | No | English | ||||
| Alsop William & John | No | 1829 | English | South Street, Sheffield UK | Pigot and co.’s national commercial directory for 1828-9 | |
| Atlas Anvil | No | USA | ||||
| Attwood | No | English | ||||
| B. I. C. Omaha | No | USA | Hay Budden | |||
| Badger | No | USA | ||||
| Badger Thomas & Isaac | No | 1828-1835 | English | Snow Hill, Dudley, UK, | Pigot and Co.’s National Commercial Directory | |
| Bagnall Anthony | No | 1828 | English | Wolverhampton | Pigot and co.’s national commercial directory for 1828-9 | |
| Baker | No | USA | ??? | AIA pg392 – Maybe Boker | ||
| Barnhart [William] | No | USA | ||||
| Bay State | No | USA | ??? | Simmons Hardware Catalog 1930 | ||
| Belknap | No | USA | ||||
| Big Blu | No | USA | ||||
| Bird | No | English | ||||
| Black Jack | No | USA | Sold by Shapleigh Hardware Co. | |||
| Black Prince | Yes | USA | Trenton | |||
| Bloomer Benjamin & Sons | No | 1835 | English | Pigot and Co.’s National Commercial Directory | ||
| Booth & Co., Boyd Mill | No | English | ||||
| Bower, Bristoe | No | English | ||||
| Branco | No | Czech Republic | ||||
| Brooks | No | England | Formally Vaughans | |||
| Brooks, England | No | English | ||||
| Bruce Daniels | No | USA | ||||
| BSL | Yes | Australia | BSL | |||
| Buel Patent | No | USA | Trenton | |||
| Buffalo Forge | No | USA | ||||
| Bullock | No | USA | ||||
| Burdekins & Hawley | No | 1829 | English | Carver St, Sheffield, UK | Pigot and co.’s national commercial directory for 1828-9 | |
| Byrd | No | English | ||||
| California Electric Steel | No | USA | ||||
| Carey, Best Scrap | No | English | ||||
| Centaur Forge (Kohlswa) | No | USA | ||||
| CFI | No | USA | Trenton | |||
| Champion | No | USA | ||||
| Cliff Carrol | Yes | USA | Cliff Carrol | |||
| Coe?m? Denton | No | English | ||||
| Cole | No | USA | Trenton | |||
| Cole V | No | USA | ||||
| Coley Thomas & Co. | 1835 | Pigot and Co.’s National Commercial Directory | ||||
| Colonial | No | USA | ??? | AIA | ||
| Columbia | No | USA | Hay Budden | H. Channon Company Chicago Ill (1908) | ||
| Columbian | No | USA | ||||
| Cranberry | No | USA | Trenton | AIA | ||
| Cray Brothers | No | USA | Trenton | AIA | ||
| Derby | No | USA | Trenton | |||
| Dixon Henry | No | English | Dixon Henry | Poetic Survey around Birmingham | ||
| Dunn & Murcott | No | USA | American Wrought Anvil Co. | |||
| Earnshaw | No | English | Earnshaw | |||
| E. D. Kimball | No | USA | ||||
| E. Griffiths | No | English | ||||
| E.D. Kimball & Co. | No | USA | Hay Budden | |||
| Emerson | Yes | USA | Emmerson | |||
| Fisher | No | USA | ||||
| Foken | No | China | ||||
| Fontanini Anvil | Yes | USA | Fontanini Anvil | |||
| Forged in Canada | Yes | Canada | Forged in Canada | |||
| Frontstep Forge | Yes | Canada | Frontstep Forge | |||
| Fulton | No | USA | ||||
| Future 1 2 & 3 | No | USA | ||||
| G. E. | No | USA | ||||
| Gem | No | USA | ||||
| Green | No | English | ||||
| Gregg-Logan Sterling Hardware | No | USA | Hay Budden | Logan-Gregg was a hardware company out of Pittsburgh that ran from 1867-1962 | ||
| Hay-Budden | No | October 4th 1893 – 1920s | ||||
| H S I (Cliff Carrols) | No | USA | ||||
| H. Boker | No | Germany | ||||
| Hadfield and Sanderson | No | English | ||||
| Hanchett | No | USA | ||||
| Heny Wright | No | English | ||||
| Hercules | No | USA | Hay Budden | Unknown Western hardware co | ||
| Hill | No | English | ||||
| Hill Thomas | No | English | 16 Wicker, Sheffield, UK | Pigot and co.’s national commercial directory for 1828-9 | ||
| Hoffman Anvils [Jymm] | Yes | USA | ||||
| Holland Anvil | Yes | USA | Holland Anvil | |||
| Holliday | No | USA | Hay Budden | Indianapolis Indiana HDW company | ||
| Hoover | No | USA | ||||
| Hudson | No | USA | Hay Budden | Charles Williams Store N.Y. | ||
| Indian Chief | No | USA | Trenton | |||
| Isaac Nash & Sons of Stourbridge | No | English | ||||
| J H M Manufacturing | Yes | USA | Anvil Brand | |||
| J. E. Pilcher | No | USA | ||||
| J.E. Pilcher, Blackjack, St. Louis | No | USA | Hay Budden | Simmons Hardware Co, St. Louis, MO | ||
| James Case | No | USA | ||||
| J.C. Onions | No | UK | Merged with Alldays in 1899 | |||
| Jet | No | Japan | ||||
| JHM | No | USA | ||||
| Jim Linzy | No | USA | ||||
| John ????so? | No | English | ||||
| John Bullock | No | English | ||||
| John Henry | No | USA | Hay Budden | Dubuque, Iowa HDW Co | ||
| Johnson Hardware | No | USA | ||||
| Joseph Goldie | No | 1846 | USA, NY | |||
| Joseph Moston | No | English | ||||
| Joshnson, Hardware | No | USA | Hay Budden | |||
| Jones George | No | 1835 | English | Pigot and Co.’s National Commercial Directory | ||
| K M & Company | No | USA | American Wrough Anvil Company | AIA | ||
| Kanca | Yes | USA | KANCA | |||
| Keen Cutter | No | USA | Hay Budden | |||
| Keen Kutter | No | USA | ||||
| King Hardware | No | USA | Hay Budden | |||
| Kirkstall Forge | No | English | ||||
| Kohlswa | No | Sweden | ||||
| L M F | No | USA | ||||
| L O M A, Froming & Co. | No | English | ||||
| Lakeside
(HB, Trenton) |
No | USA | Hay Budden, Trenton | Montgomery Ward | ||
| Lyon Blade & Anvil | Yes | USA | Lyon Blade & Anvil | |||
| M. Reading | No | English | ||||
| Macarco | No | USA | ||||
| Mankel | No | USA | ||||
| Mathewson Metals | Yes | USA | ||||
| Milme | No | Finland | ||||
| Moseley William | No | 1829 | English | Wolverhampton | Pigot and co.’s national commercial directory for 1828-9 | |
| Mouse Hole | No | English | ||||
| Multi Products Co. | No | USA | ||||
| N. C. Tool Co. | Yes | USA | ||||
| Nelson, Big 4 | No | USA | AIA | |||
| Nimba | Yes | USA | Nimba | |||
| North Star Brand | No | Sweden | ||||
| O’Brien & Carew’s Patent Anvil Co. | Documents of the City of Boston – Vol 4 pg 202 1891 | |||||
| Oak Leaf | No | USA | AIA | |||
| Oil Well Supply Co Pittsburg PA | No | USA | ||||
| Omsteel | No | USA | ||||
| Ovendale | No | English | ||||
| Peddinghaus Ridgid | Yes | Germany | Peddinghaus Ridgid | |||
| Perun | Yes | Poland | Perun | |||
| Peter Wright | No | English | ||||
| No | USA | Trenton | ||||
| Polish | No | Poland | ||||
| Powell | No | English | ||||
| Pratt, James / Benjamin | No | ?? – 1776 | English | The Lady’s Magazine; Or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex | ||
| Queens Dudley | No | English | Wilkinson & Sons | |||
| R & H; S.F. Our Best | No | USA | Hay Budden | |||
| R A O L A | No | USA | ||||
| Raola, H & I Co. | No | USA | Hay Budden | |||
| Record | No | English | ||||
| Red Barn | No | USA | ||||
| Reffinghaus [Ernst] | Yes | Germany | Ernst Refflinghaus | |||
| Reliable | No | USA | Trenton | |||
| Rev – O – noc | No | USA | ||||
| Rexton | No | English | ||||
| Rhino | Yes | USA | Seller – Morgan Jade Ironworks | |||
| Richard Dorevol | No | English | ||||
| Richard King | No | English | ||||
| Roberts Anvil | No | USA | Trenton | |||
| Rock Island | No | USA | ||||
| Rockwood | No | USA | ||||
| S I S C O | No | Sweden | ||||
| S W I C O | No | USA | Hay Budden | |||
| S.D. Kimbark | No | USA | Hay Budden | |||
| Samson | No | USA | ||||
| Samuel Newbould | No | English | ||||
| Sanderson | No | English | ||||
| Scott Anvils | USA | Scott Collier | Scott Collier (dec. June 16th 2023) | |||
| Sherman | No | English | ||||
| Skagit | No | USA | ||||
| SLIGO | No | USA | Hay Budden | |||
| Smith & O’Leary, Chicago | No | USA | ||||
| Smiths | No | English | ||||
| Snyder & Oaks | No | USA | ||||
| Solderfors | No | Sweden | ||||
| Southern Crescent | No | USA | ||||
| Southern Steel & Supply Co. | No | USA | ||||
| Standford – Sheffield | No | English | ||||
| Star | No | USA | Fisher | |||
| Steele [Alec] | Yes | USA |
Manufacturer – ??? |
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| Superior Steel | No | USA | ||||
| Swan Anvil | Yes | England | Swan Products | |||
| T.M. Blood | No | English | ||||
| TFS | Yes | USA | Texas Farrier Supply | |||
| Thomas | No | USA | ||||
| Thomas Darwin | No | English | ||||
| Thomas Hill | No | English | ||||
| Tillotson & Co. | No | English | ||||
| Trenton | No | USA | ||||
| Triple S | No | USA | ||||
| T. Williams & Co | No | USA | American Wrought Anvil Co. | |||
| U.S. (S.D. Kimbark) | No | USA | Hay Budden | |||
| Valley | No | USA | ||||
| Valley Forge & Tool | Yes | USA | Anvil Brand | |||
| Vanadium Steel | No | USA | ||||
| Vaughans | Yes | England | Vaughans | |||
| Vaughn / Brooks | No | English | ||||
| Vevor | Yes | China | ||||
| Village Forge | No | USA | Trenton | |||
| Vulcan | No | USA | Trenton | |||
| Vulcan Works | No | English | ||||
| W. Cole, Dudley Wood | No | English | ||||
| Ward | No | English | ||||
| West | No | USA | ||||
| Wilkinson | No | English | ||||
| Wilkinson James | No | 1829-1835 | English | Dudley, UK Castle Street | Pigot and Co.’s National Commercial Directory | |
| Wilkinson, Joseph | No | English | ||||
| Wilkinson Joshua | No | 1835 | English | Pigot and Co.’s National Commercial Directory | ||
| Wilkinson Joshua & Sons | No | 1835 | English | Pigot and Co.’s National Commercial Directory | ||
| William Foster | No | English | ||||
| William Foundry and Machine Co. | No | USA | The Gazette – Cedar Rapids Iowa 1891 | |||
| William Parker, Pond Foge | No | English | ||||
| Winston or Wilson | No | English | ||||
| Wm Enders Oak Leaf | No | USA | Sold by W. Enders Hardware co. Simmons Hardware | |||
| Yost | No | USA |