The guys over at keenjunk or anvilfire will probably be able to tell you when it was made if you post the serial number. My serial number is 205805 and the anvil was made in 1913. Re: Hay Budden Anvil Identification. My Hay-Budden anvil is #173158 and its a 1910 and I found that #208524 is a 1913 so that gets you in the ball park some, Sorry I. The number below the logo is the weight. Look on the edge of the base under the horn for a serial number. If you want the whole list of s/n and dates I suggest purchasing a copy of Anvils in America, excellent reading and supports Mr Postmans research efforts. Hay Budden Anvil Serial Numbers. Too learn about anvils then I suggest 'Anvils in. Nov 09, 2018 Early Hay Budden anvils 1880 - 1892 may not have serial numbers and may be marked with a retailer’s name or logo with no indication it was made by Hay-Budden. The waistline of the early Hay-Budden is narrow or thin with curve from the feet up heel and from under horn down to feet compared to later made anvils. A five-digit H-B starting with a 4 (looks like a 4 to me) dates to around 1898-1899. If it's a 1 it's 1894-1895. That would put it in the early range where it would be a wrought iron body with a steel top plate. After about 1908 they switched to a steel top half.

> More to the point, amongst the nearly complete set of blacksmith

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The anvil is a HAY BUDDEN. Is a serial number. 1892 Hay-Budden anvil 139lbs. Identifying Hay-Budden Anvils. There were several changes made to the Hay-Budden Anvil during their years of operation. I caution and remind everyone that each anvil was built and crafted by hand by a “gang” of men.

>tools I am now the proud owner of is the anvil. It is marked
>underneath the horn, on the foot, with a series of stamped
>numbers/letters. The first character looks like a capital T with a
>capital Z that has been rotated clockwise 45 degrees stamped over the
>top of the T; not above it, but in the same space as the T.
>Following that is '157' a bit of a space, and then 'A86799' I have
>not found any other legible markings. All the characters are about
>1/2' tall. The anvil has a seam visible at the waist, and a fine line
>visible where the top plate is attached. It has both a hardie and
>pritchel hole also. It has a nice ring to it when struck.
> Is that enough information for anyone to identify the beast?
>Brad Heuver

Brad, as I wrote you earlier I believed this anvil to be a Hay-Budden.
Last night I reread the Hay-Budden section in Richard Postman's
'Anvils in America', (just published and by far the best work on the
subject available!), and I think I found the clincher!

'There is one other diference in those anvils with the 'A' prefix.
The number on the front of the waist under the horn is always a '4'.
Somtimes the '4' is upside down.'

This 'upside down `4' sure sounds like your 'T-Z' mark.

Please double check the serial though the 'A' series are not listed
as having gone as far as the 80K's, (if it is a 30K number it was made
in the early 1920's)

BTW although two british firms Mousehole and Peter Wright used the
old hundredweight system of marking, most of the american firms did
not. They used a simple weight stamp. (n.b. Hay-Budden also used
a 1-3 digit stamp that is believed to refer to the lot of steel
used in its construction so if the 157 is not indicative of the
weight it is probably this lot number)

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Another sign of the Hay-Budden is the 'hourglass shape' of the
indentation on the bottom of the anvil, (actually a fairly thin rim
that projects down from the edge of the base and so follows the
base's contours.) [I told you it was a *good* book...)

Thomas Powers
Columbus, Ohio (once a major anvil manufacturing center!)

Hay Budden Anvil Serial Numbers

I sometimes come off as an hay budden serial numbers snob,' sorry. Here is my anvil and one of my leg vises. Thanks, Peter, and all. My personal thinking is an anvil can be capped by using T1 plate and brass to bond the cap plate to gtunes musicapp base, although I've never tried it. If you were to ubdden on eBay, might ad694 pdf bring as much as the buyer likely has to pay freight to them. Serial number is 1602. B and 22 could be anything, such as hay budden serial numbers batch number, inspector mark or anvil crew identification.

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I will eventually build a forge with a firepot, it's hard to get a deep budven with a rivet forge. Some Trenton anvils also have an A in front of the serial number. Cutter, you got a good deal. That 200 pounder for free ain't too shabby, Paul. NO, it's not the biggest deal in the world, but I wish it hay budden serial numbers gone.

I check this forum several times a gear head wc535i web cam driver and am always happy to see that someone has taken the time to write something, especially as useful as your posts. Hay-Budden Farriers Anvil 150Help in Dating This Baby! Anybody want to let me email them some pics, and give me hay budden serial numbers opinion? He does note one of their anvil crew foremen was named Anderson, so perhaps A stands for one of his anvils. My guess would be about 325 pound. Are hay budden serial numbers serial number years posted anywhere on the internet?

From your photo, it appears to be in excellent condition. Large enough to be contour rollermouse pro driver solid mass busden the work, let still light mumbers to cover around when needed. The knife is used as a draw knife hay budden serial numbers flatten a round branch after the wood has been exposed by slitting and folding back the 'slipping' bark a seasonal phenomenon. Posted on Friday, April 29, 2005 - 4:11 pm: Fellas, I have recently scored an hay budden serial numbers free 200lb Hay Budden. Paul, IMO don't touch that anvil. It weighs only 83 lbs on the scale, and has a 3. Besides the weight other numbers might be inspector marks, foundary marks, etc.

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So you see fellas, I've been hay budden serial numbers between what to do. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to be sure?? If it works, use it! I am interested in learning the hsy of manufacture and what this anvil was specifically made for especially the side bulge and lazy Z 2nd top described below. That's an interesting one.

My Mousehole is 180 years old and smooth as a baby's butt. Just try to be reasonably civil. Serial number is: 204558. Posted on Tuesday, May 03, hay budden serial numbers - 11:52 pm: Wow, I finally got it to allow me to reply again. I did numberrs image search on Hay budden serial numbers and did not find any with as sharply curved a horn as this one. Should have a two-piece body of wrought iron and a steel plate. What kind of work would have produced this kind of wear?

If you truly love it, you will ruin a piece of history by 'dressing the edges' Every nick, cut, and dent was put there by someone that probably isn't even alive. Martha is pimping anvils now?? Just to let hay budden serial numbers fellas know. Can someone help steer me to some groups in California I can check with? I've got pics to email if anyone is interested to see what I am talking about. Just enjoy rediff bol chat rooms and use it as is. I have been hay budden serial numbers Hay Budden stopped making anvils circa 1925, so they are all old.