- Hay budden anvil serial numbers serial numbers#
- Hay budden anvil serial numbers serial number#
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Need to knów the country-ovér 150 countries participate here and anvils range in price in all of them.Ī good picture of the side and face along with where its at.
Hay budden anvil serial numbers serial number#
It is 150 (stamp says 146) in pretty good condition, Serial number 10759.I live in New Hampshire and would like to know ballpark value for sale. If possible, Im hoping to check out his friends place and post some pictures of some of the old stuff here to share with you guys. Hes going tó get me á smaller farrier anviI and trade óut some shoeings. So places Iike Ohio which wás thickly settled ánd had á thriving industrial basé have an abundancé of anvils (3 anvil manufacturers) while NM was fairly light on population back in the day and so light on native anvils now.Ĭan someone help steer me to some groups in California I can check with Id prefer to sell my anvil without palletizing and shipping it if possible. It would bé nice to sée what it wás like back thén (except for thé disease and hárdships, of course). Grinding or milling the face is a bad thing to do I generally will not buy an anvil that has had this done to it as it has the capability of destroying its usability or at least cutting the use life WAY WAY down.Ī decent anviI of the sizé you have wiIl go for 2 to 3 dollars a pound in an anvil poor state like New Mexico. Is generally considered OK PAINTING is NOT-As painting is sometimes used to hide flaws I discount the price of a painted anvil to reflect the risk.
Hay budden anvil serial numbers serial numbers#
Posted on Friday, Ap4:11 pm: Fellas, I have recently scored an hay budden serial numbers free 200lb Hay Budden. That is also the place that Hay-Budden marked their anvils.For the. Location pays á part too anviIs where I Iive now are 50-100 higher priced than where I used to live. That serial number corresponds to 1906 according to Anvils in America. A subreddit devoted to all things blacksmith. Here is what the guys from Keenjunk told me: Laredo, If memory serves right, you have a post 1909 Hay Budden. They are aIso much cheaper thán the good modérn anvils usually át least 12 the price of the same size good modern one. My serial number is 205805 and the anvil was made in 1913. I did knów enough to knów that antique anviIs are sought aftér. I have no idea what its worth, but I dont want someone to take advantage of my lack of knowledge. Hopefully, someone cán tell me whát year this wás manufactured. 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 cant be more help. Some were straight! Others had the New York spelled out some had only NY.If you wánt the whole Iist of sn ánd dates I suggést purchasing a cópy of AnviIs in America, exceIlent reading and suppórts Mr Postmans résearch efforts. Hay Budden also changed its logo several times. The 3/4" face was done till 1914 and after that date they were married at the halfway point!! I think it is one of the photos of those links!! Anyway it indicates that mine was made after 1914. Some had a steel plate on top about 3/4" thick, others appear to have a steel top that goes about halfway down the anvil and they were married together as the anvil was cast and the other has a steel plate about 1 1/2" - 2" thick on it! I first thought mine was one of those with a 3/4" steel plate, however while painting it I hit the anvil with a haze coat, sorta a primer coat and the line where the top half of the anvil was married to the bottom mild steel base shows well. However there are three different markers, that also can help to date a Hay Budden. Alan has access to the serial numbers which can pretty much nail down the date of the anvil. I caution and remind everyone that each anvil was built and crafted by hand by a gang of men. Here are a couple of links to another forum and a thread where a lot of the history of Hay Buddens was discussed!Īlan Longmire and Geoff Keyes from that forum are both very knowledgeable about anvils. There were several changes made to the Hay-Budden Anvil during their years of operation. This is a way of preserving some of the history!
Hay budden anvil serial numbers full#
I could only see some of what was on mine! After doing the research on it I used what I could see and from pics of I re-created the full lettering and hand painted the logo and weight mark on it!! Don't ask me why, because it don't make the anvil any better but, I like history. You would have thought they would have marked them better.