I would take and guess and say it’s maybe in the 125lb range based on dimensions and what you said. Even if it has no name or defined maker, it can still be good quality for sure. Some have good stamping and some were very lightly struck. I agree with Kirsch, Definitely worth hanging onto. I’ll ask dad if he knows where it came from, but I suspect it got hauled here from New Jersey in the early 60’s by the neighbor No, not selling, just all the anvil talk got me thinking about it, might clean it up, got a few projects I would like to do for the house it would be handy for. I’ll check it out, not at the shop at the moment. It isn’t uncommon to see $3-5/lb or more be a decent price at auction around here. The larger the anvil, the more $/lb it will fetch. Anyway, as my blacksmithing mentor told me, almost any anvil is worth $2.00/lb. I have seen those charts not match either so. Some of the makers published size charts in a book I have based on dimensions. If all else fails, you can get close if you know the brand and can measure the top width/length, horn length, and size of Hardy hole. I normally figure out what an anvil weighs and then figure a price per pound. If it is American made, it could possibly have a weight stamped on it. The 1, 2, 21 in the pic below are what I am talking about. Those three number indicate English hundred weights. If the anvil is English made it may be marked with numbers on the side that won’t make a lot of sense. There is one on an auction that is the bigger one like the one you have so I might have to try and buy it ? Unless there is another process to make the numbers pop, I don't think I am ever going to be able to see them.I have a smaller one that was my wife’s great grandpas, my in-laws gave it to me when they retired from farming, I use it a lot.
#Hay budden anvil serial numbers serial
I am afraid the pits and the years of abuse may having taken a toll on the serial numbers!! I have my suspicions that this anvil was heavily polished with a wire wheel before I got introduced to her, and there over jealous effort to remove the rust they also removed what was left of her markings!!! I tried a crayon rub on the logo earlier and frankly I can see in sunlight better what is there, than I could read off of the crayon rub!! The pits and dings make it all run together! The appears to be a number that maybe a 6 to the left of the square hole middle under the horn. The pitting and marks of time have pretty much have left it in-distinguishable. I rubbed her left foot with soap stone and I see what appears to be maybe a 1 about what might be the middle of the serial number. So when you told me where to look I went back and had another look. I thought I had looked it over pretty well. I have since reworked it but have yet to take a pick of the new block!Īlan I have had this ole gal about six years now and only a little down time has led me to ask more questions about her past!! You know sometimes you have to respect a lady's past as her own! Mine is not pristine and appears to have been used and sometimes abused the edges are not crisp but she is mine and I love her!! Is it considered taboo to re-do the lettering and fill in what is missing? I am thinking of highlighting the logo with a bit of color and can't decide to highlight what is there or fill in the missing letters!!! However it appears to be one of those that has the logo centered and balanced. Everything from printing over top of other parts of the logo, to what appears to be Manufacturing and Manufacturing Co, I have even seen examples that the Hay-Budden is hyphenated.Ĭan anvils be dated as to how the logo appears?Īny info you can share will be appreciated!!Īlso I can only read parts of my logo, the Y on the Hay, BUDD on the Budden,Īnd the N on NY. Take a look at this search, andyou will see examples of what I am speaking of. Mine appears to have just Manufacturing on it, instead of Manufacturing Co. I have a Hay Budden the weighs out on the bath scales at 143 lbs does that sound about right? Why are the logo so hard to see is that just wear and tear, or bad job of placing the logo? They seem to be some with the logo all out of wack! There are some that look as if the middle of the logo was (stamped) over-top of the rest of the logo!!! Or parts are way off center from the rest of the logo! How were the logos put on the Hay Budden anvils, were they cast in or stamped in?