Registry

Anvilfire! Touchmark Registry

Listed in Contemporary Blacksmiths
by Dona Z. Meilach

Register your touchmark with anvilfire!
Let the world know THIS IS YOUR MARK!
How to Register
Fees
What are Touchmarks?
How-to Make Touchmarks

International Registry of Blacksmith Touchmarks

  • Jim “PawPaw” Wilson 1940 – 2005
  • PawPaw’s Forge
  • Winston-Salem, and Booneville NC
  • USA
  • ABANA, NCABANA, CSI
  • #1999-04-0001
  • Text, “PPW”
  • Andrew ‘Kiwi” Hooper
  • The Kiwi Blacksmith
  • 17 Cheam Place
  • Pakuranga, Auckland
  • New Zealand
  • ABANZ, CSI
  • #1999-06-0002
  • Kiwi bird on anvil
  • in logenge (positive, negative)
  • Glenn Connor
  • Blackstone Forge
  • 607 Crestview Drive
  • Charleston, WV 25302
  • USA
  • #1999-005-0003
  • Cocker Spaniel ©
  • Made by Jerry Carrol
  • Daniel Vogel
  • Feuerdesigner
  • Lettenbergstrasse 9
  • 8487 Zell ZH
  • Switzerland (CH)
  • CSI
  • #2000-07-0004
  • Anvil outline, under
  • “DVZ”
  • Jock Dempsey
  • DEMPSEY’S FORGE
  • Boonville, NC 27011
  • USA
  • ABANA, CVBG, CSI
  • #1999-000-000
  • Small Anvil
  • Text, “DEMPSEY”
  • Jock Dempsey
  • DEMPSEY’S FORGE
  • Boonville, NC 27011
  • USA
  • ABANA, CVBG, CSI
  • #1999-000-000
  • Small Anvil and
  • “DEMPSEY’S FORGE”
  • Jock Dempsey
  • DEMPSEY’S FORGE
  • Boonville, NC 27011
  • USA
  • ABANA, CVBG, CSI
  • #1999-000-000
  • Text, “JD”
  • See iForge Matrix Punches
  • Samuel Yellin
  • click for detail
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • USA
  • #1999-13-0001
  • Text, “SAMUEL YELLIN”
  • Francis Whitaker
  • 1907 – 1999
  • USA
  • ABANA
  • #2000-13-0002
  • Diamond, “F”
  • Historic Bethabara Park
  • 2147 Bethabra Rd.
  • Winston-Salem, NC 27106
  • USA – 336-924-8191
  • #2000-08-0001
  • Text, “HBP”
  • Used in addition to
    actual makers mark.
  • Larry P. Sundstrom
  • Fair Moriah Forge
  • 2933 Barter Brook Rd.
  • Staunton, VA 24401
  • USA
  • CSI
  • #2000-09-0001
  • Flower Icon, 3/4″
  • Stylized F (rev) MF 1/2″
  • Used seperately
  • Amos Zubrow
  • Iron Rose Forge & Welding
  • Boulder CO 80304
  • 303-449-0259
  • ABANA, Rocky Mountain Smiths
  • #2000-10-0001
  • Text, “AMOS”
  • Theodore “Ted” Coffey
  • P.O. Box 124
  • Green Spring, WV 26722
  • USA
  • ABANA (’84), ABA (’88)
  • #2000-11-0001
  • T enclosed by C
    Height 3/8″
  • Buster Grubbs
  • Shady Rest Forge
  • Rt 19
  • Macon, GA 31217
  • USA
  • OBG, SERBC
  • #2000-12-0001
  • Large Tree, small tree graphic
  • sometimes with ‘G”
  • Text, “SRF”
  • Each used seperately OR together
  • Richard Barnard
  • 385 Park Ave.
  • North Bay, ON
  • CANADA
  • ABANA, CSI
  • #2001-02-0001
  • Text, “B.T.B.” on Willow Leaf
  • Frank Turley
  • Turley Forge Blacksmithing School
  • 919-A Chicoma Vista
  • Santa Fe, NM 87507
  • USA
  • ABANA, SBA,
  • NM Prof. Horseshoers Ass’n. (Honorary)
  • #2001-06-0001
  • Text, “TURLEY”
  • Butch Lee
  • Northwinds Forge LTD
  • 8230 Wilderness Dr.
  • Colorado Springs, CO 90908
  • USA
  • Rocky Mountain Smiths
  • #2001-10-0001
  • Text, “NF” in Oval with anvil and Pikes Peak
  • Richard Waugh
  • P.O. Box 2559
  • Frederiksted, VI
  • 00841
  • (340) 719-5896
  • ABANA, CSI
  • #2002-04-0001
  • Seahorse in modified octagon, either relief facing left or intaglio facing right.
  • Randal Guess
  • 1743 Philips Manor Rd.
  • Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
  • USA
  • CSI, FABA
  • #2002-07-0001
  • Text, “R Guess” on anvil with scorpion
  • Leah G. Fuller
  • Pink Hammer Forge
  • 508 Fairview Dr.
  • Bastrop, LA 71220
  • USA
  • CSI
  • #2002-08-0001
  • Text, “LEAH”
  • Martin Gabbert
  • Fern Bottom Forge
  • 725 Walnut Ave.
  • Eugene, OR 97404
  • USA
  • ABANA, NWBA
  • #2002-09-0001
  • Mark, “PMG”
  • Weland Smithy
  • Torvald C Sorenson
  • 58907 N 423 PR NE
  • Benton City, WA 99320-8717
  • USA
  • ABANA, NWBA, ASME
  • #2003-06-0001
  • Symbol, Thors Hammer, Th0r
  • Lawrence Herzman, AKA Brogan
  • 74 East Carmans Rd.
  • Farmingdale, NY 11735
  • USA
  • CSI
  • #2003-09-0002
  • B over ?
  • John Walton, JWalton Limited
  • 18 Cutcliffe Grove
  • Bedford
  • Bedfordshire
  • United Kingdom
  • BABA, CSI
  • #2003-09-0003
  • Initials JCW in Motorcycle
  • Forge situated at Digswell Art Trust, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
  • Douglas Thayer, Artist – Blacksmith
  • ThayerHouse Forge & Studio
  • Webberville, Michigan
  • ABANA, MABA, IBA
  • #2006-10-0001
  • Inverted “V” represents a roof over the “T” for ThayerHouse Forge & Studio
  • David Morgan – Blacksmith
  • Lunar GLow Forge
  • 123 Sweetwater Branch Road
  • Ft. Mitchell, AL 36856
  • ABANA, AFC Wiregrass Forge
  • #2008-09-0001
  • Man in the Moon
  • Dean Curfman – Artist Blacksmith
  • Oakhill Ironworks
  • 3308 Frank Whisnant Rd.
  • Morganton, NC 28655
  • USA
  • ABANA, NC-ABANA, NOMMA
  • #2009-03-0001
  • Stylized Oak Leaf
  • Philip Greening-Jackson
  • Guangya IB School
  • Dujiangyan, Sichuan
  • PRC
  • 31�0’17″N 103�39’49″E
  • #2009-03-0002
  • Star of David in Anvil
  • Jim “RadaR” Brown
  • Iron Mule Blacksmithing
  • 3198 Windsor Pl.
  • Grove City, OH 43123
  • CSI
  • #2010-01-0001
  • lazy B over J, sometimes with anvil
  • Mike Poythress
  • 1204 Park Drive
  • Trent Woods, NC 28562
  • ABANA
  • #2015-01-0001
  • Thames Scramasax Runes (initials)
  • Walt Graves
  • Grizzly Forge
  • 7750 C.R. 2660
  • Mountain View, MO 65548
  • USA
  • Past FABA,, ABANA . . .
  • BAM, BOA, ABS
  • #2017-06-0001
  • G with fancy moustache W