style="">100 yr old anvil from the hometown blacksmith

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Just want to know as i am in the process of moving this into my new shop if anybody can help me identify this old anvil i bought 20 yrs ago when the local blacksmith sold out. The stand was his fabrication and i am guessing the weight at 100-150 lbs. Back 20 years ago i gave around 400 dollars for it. He had this ever since i was a small child first going in to his shop with my dad. Just want to know an idea of its age and the company that made it. Thanks for any infomation. IMG952024-2.jpgIMG_2023-3.jpgIMG_2022.jpgIMG_2021-3.jpg

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Hello,

Sorry no info on the anvil, it migt be worth holding a torch or strong spot light sidways to the text so it emphasizes the shapes I was having some issues trying to read the text.

or maybe the brass rubbing style of piece of paper over the top and a 9B pencil.

good luck with the history hunting.

Stuart
 
Couple of old anvil notes-- good anvils have a steel top surface welded on.
Wish I could see that process on a 500# example ! There is a reason for the
classic tree stump base -- it absorbs some of the noise and rebound.......BLJHB.
 
I know nothing about anvils, other than I use my grandfathers cut down railroad tie, and it isn't at all the same as the real deal.

Check out.
http://www.anvilsinamerica.com/trademarks.htm
Near as I can tell yours isn't listed.
But....
Daryl
MN
 
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It kind of looks like a Hay Budden from the pattern. Hay Budden's were made in Brooklyn, NY. Anvils were made from wrought iron welded by forge welding. You can see the cold shut just above the lettering on the waist. Those anvils did have steel plates which were forge welded on. I have a an Armatage anvil that I forge welded a new steel face on some thirty years ago and I still use it.
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Hay Budden was considered one of the best anvils of its time. They are highly sought after by blacksmiths and farriers alike. I believe that I have one and a fraction or two in my barn. It was not uncommon for an anvil to separate at a forge weld.
 
Cool anvil, on rare occasion I need to whack hell out of something and one would come in handy.
 
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