Wanted a Stiddy FOUND

garyflorida · Post by **garyflorida** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 11:34 pm

Hi, saw one in use and trying to track one (Dilligas anvil) down for my shop please.

Gary

garyflorida · Post by **garyflorida** » Tue Aug 04, 2015 9:41 pm

garyflorida wrote:Hi, saw one in use and trying to track one (Dilligas anvil) down for my shop please.

Gary

Got one coming from S Carolina. Thanks for your help!

Gary

garyflorida · Post by **garyflorida** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:36 pm

By the way, according to A A Harris the anvil is called a "steady"...a cutler's anvil.

Gary

orvet · Post by **orvet** » Tue Aug 11, 2015 7:09 am

The name stiddy was taken from the way 'steady' was pronounced by the cutlers in Sheffield.

garyflorida · Post by **garyflorida** » Wed Aug 12, 2015 12:19 am

orvet wrote:The name stiddy was taken from the way 'steady' was pronounced by the cutlers in Sheffield.

Now I see, sure is a handy tool.

Gary

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