I'll try to clean it better with some more elbow grease and soap. According to AIA 1913 was the year it was made. Quote Posted Ma'Anvils in America' by Richard Postman, pg 303. Thanks, Sask Mark, I wasn't even able to see the 110 you refer to, I'll take a closer look. Especially no grinding, milling or welding on the thinner hardened face which will do more harm than good. What appears to be a '110' stamped on the side below the Hay Budden stamp would be the weight of the anvil in pounds. It is not pitted or very rusty, looks like a lot of it's life has been under cover. Your Hay Budden looks to be in excellent shape for its age and needs nothing other than a wire wheel to remove the loose rust and a coating of oil like BLO to protect it. A 1" ball rebounds over 7" when dropped from 10". 75 for each pound for damaged and lower quality cast steel anvils or leg vises, 1-4 for each pound for nicer solid wrought anvils, and the same for the swage blocks. If anvils are usable/serviceable without defect the Cash amount I’m looking at is. 025" low area measured with a straight edge placed diagonally across the corners. If you have Blacksmithing tools, anvil, forge, post leg vise and a swage block for a blacksmith shop. anvilfire Anvil Collections Gallery Index. Rare and ancient European and Early American anvils. The top looks to be in decent condition considering it's age, it has a nice ring when struck with a hammer, the central working area has tooling marks and about a. A few of Josh's Colonial anvils on display with his working anvils and swages. It is marked 144 stamped under the HAY_BUDDEN MANUFACTURING and has a 5 stamped under the horn.
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The anvil base is covered in about a sixteenth of rust colored dust which I hand wire brushed to reveal, maker serial # & other marks. There are a few "tools" that fit into the square hole which I have no idea of how they are used. Send help antique identification broken repair By Red Frenchie, Januin Anvils, Swage Blocks. I have moved it from one place to another and figured I'll never use it in my lifetime, so I joined this group hoping to find out about it's age, condition and possibly a "ball park value" of it's worth. Anvils, Swage Blocks, and Mandrels Hay Budden ID/repair advice. 58 - Soft cast steel 50Kg Russian anvil (average test). I have this Hay Budden anvil from my late fathers garage, which is now my shop. 80-85 - High quality wrought anvils - Hay-Budden & Peter Wright (average) 65 - OLD 18th Century hornless anvil with 5th foot - about 75 pounds.