Looks like a Peter Wright. That flaking was the original hardened plate delaminating from the wrought iron body. Hope whoever you did this for understands that the hardened face is pretty well gone now and it will ding up really easily with a missed hammer blow or if the steel hes hammering on isn't hot enough. This would be a perfect opportunity to use some stood hard facing rod and build up a minty looking hardened face after you got it back down to a level surface

Don’t those have very little hard faceing on them on the top? If you take too much off it gets soft. Just wondering if that’s why it’s getting torn up so much. Might have to run some beads down it Just asking. It’s nice to have that Bridgeport for sure

Top plate is gone now

Good job

Maybe should have ground out the damage used hard facing wire