Many of the Blacker B hammers I have come across have different anvils fitted to the adjustable anvil base. There are basically five standard tools that fit in the hardie hole, a flat block, a high rise taper drawing block, a lower angled taper drawing block, a high dome block and a lower dome block The Blacker C type has a fixed head over a base that is for general work, with usually a block with a hardy hole in that accepts tooling, which can be removed and different more specialised tooling inserted The Blacker B type is the larger powered version with traverse on the hammer and an anvil on an adjustable base, and is capable of punching and stepping down etc without having to stop to change tooling I heard they were around in Victorian times, and judging by the one I used to have, I would not be at all surprised, it was run off a lineshaft originally and later adapted for an on board electric motor.Ī friend of mine had a Blacker treadle hammer (A type?) They issued a Blacker manualwith all parts listed and drawn in them, saying they were the sole manufacturers of the Blacker Hammer, the company dating back some 70 years, and I suspect they inherited / bought the license/ to make them long after the originals were made, a patent search may reveal more if there is such a database and patent number for them. I'm confused by all this, I'm wondering did different companies make the same Blacker hammer? But they show a picture of the hammer, and they are the Mechanical Hammer Co. Then I also found this page attached below from an old blacksmithing publication that mentions the "Blacker Method", whatever that is. I found reference in an old Iron Trade Review dated 1922 to that name and hammer. On the base of another Blacker anvil I found a picture of, it says " BLACKER ENGINEERING CO. I can't find reference to them making a Blacker Hammer though, but "BLACKER HAMMER" and their name is cast right there in the base. Business was good, and in 1910 they absorbed the Terry Core Drill Company becoming the McKiernan-Terry name, well known for making large pile hammers of all kinds. DOVER, N.J., U.S.A".ĭigging through the net I’ve read in historical documents that the McKiernan Drill Company built its factory in Dover, NJ in 1900. The information on the base of the Blacker anvil I just got done restoring says " BLACKER HAMMER MCKIERNAN-TERRY CORP. I've seen several YouTube clips of them in action, but I'm wondering more about the history of the hammer. Congratulations and it should serve you well.After cleaning up that Blacker anvil and base, I wanted to know more about the hammer itself. So I would say that they don't take as kindly to misuse as some of the other anvils, and aren't the absolute "Best" anvil out there, but they are still quite good. My anvil is one of those examples, not treated too kindly by a previous owner somewhere along the line. I have noticed however, that under abuse (lots of cold working, etc), they do tend to run into some issues like edge chipping, some face delamination, and such. If they are taken care of and not abused, they will perform great. They don't really ring (can be beneficial in some cases), but have good rebound. Most anvils with cast iron bodies aren't that great (Vulcan for example, or the modern "Chineese ASO"), however Fisher Norris are pretty good anvils. Other info I can tell you is that the body is cast iron, with a steel face that has been thermite welded on. The 7 on the foot will designate the weight, Fisher Norris being American, means you multiply this by ten, so 70 lbs. Finally stumbled upon a picture of an anvil with Fisher Norris markings present that looked almost identical to mine (yours has most of the same shape/style/features as mine). Mine is absent of all markings besides the weight marking, and it took me awhile to find out what it was. I don't have a "history" of the Fisher Norris anvils, but I own one.
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