Just picked up a Hay-Budden from a friend.Hay Budden Anvil ID by serial number Started by Beornls, Can anyone tell us how old our Hay Budden anvil is, the serial Hay Budden Anvil Identification - SmokStak.I would like help in establishing the serial number and manufacture date of this Hay Budden anvil I inherited from my neighbor when he died.

Kwendt Dec 29, Blacksmithing and Metallurgy. Arianamarie15_ hope it is considered appropriate to use this technique to insert images and conserve server space. I have that book but I won't be home for a couple days to look it up. That looks like a fairly thin waist on that anvil. I have a HAY-BUDDEN anvil with a base that I have not been able to find any information on. Re: Hay Budden Anvil Identification I dont have the book, But My Hay-Budden anvil is # and its a and I found that # is a so that gets you in the ball park some, Sorry I cant be more help. Hay-Budden also used a digit stamp that is believed to refer to the lot of steel used in its construction so if the is not indicative of the weight it is probably this lot number) 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. Year re-started serial numbers with prefix letter “A”, number A1 Year Hay-Budden ended production and the serial numbers in the range of A57, English (US). The anvil is a HAY BUDDEN or sometimes called a HAY BODDEN manufactured by James Hay and Fredrick Budden of Brooklyn, NY. The letter previous to the AY is missing due to the damage to the butt end of the anvil, under the letters are the numbers which could represent a serial number.

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