A nifty anvil classification site....

[Andrew Young]

http://www.blackiron.us/anvil-types.html

[Thomas Powers]

Did you read what that site said about armour?

http://www.blackiron.us/armor.html

Sort of missed the fact that most of it was made from wrought iron and not steel and armourers would buy plate from a batter mill too.

I like the home site where they have an anvil listed as maker unknown when it sure looks like a John Brooks to me what with the JB on the side and such.

Like most things on the net take their info with a bit of salt.

Thomas

[Andrew Young]

Did you read what that site said about armour?

http://www.blackiron.us/armor.html

Sort of missed the fact that most of it was made from wrought iron and not steel and armourers would buy plate from a batter mill too.

I like the home site where they have an anvil listed as maker unknown when it sure looks like a John Brooks to me what with the JB on the side and such.

Like most things on the net take their info with a bit of salt.

Thomas

The anvil page which is what I was noting was pretty interesting.

(yeah I saw the other pages which is why I didnt mention them

But some of what that pages says is true....for munitions armour vis-a-vis the better stuff, much of it was iron, just THICK. And armourers probably did buy their metal from mills, particularly in the plate centuries.