#Hay budden anvil information serial number

HAY-BUDDEN ONLY MADE ANVILS AND ARE THE BEST KNOWN OF THE AMERICAN ANVIL MANUFACTURERS. BUDDEN' AN ENGLISHMAN, JOINED THEIR TWO SHOPS INTO ONE AROUND 1886 AND STARTED THE HAY-BUDDEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, IN BROOKLYN, N.Y. PLEASE SEE ALL OF THE PHOTOS.THEY ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE CONDITION AND DESCRIPTION.HISTORICAL INFO: TWO BLACKSMITHS 'JAMES HAY' A SCOTSMAN, AND 'FREDERICK C. IT HAS A RECENT COAT OF BOILED LINSEED OIL TO PRESERVE THE METAL. THERE ARE DINGS AND DENTS FROM USE ON THE SURFACES. 107 LBS.ANVIL CONDITION: THIS IS AN EARLY HAY-BUDDEN ANVIL THAT SHOWS USE AND WEAR. 27' TALL AND THE BASE IS 18' IN DIA.ANVIL WEIGHT: IT IS APPROX.

THE ROUND PRITCHEL HOLE IS 7/16' IN DIA.STAND SIZE: IT IS APPROX.

#Hay budden anvil information serial number

' and '107' ON THE SIDE FACE.OTHER MARKS: IT IS STAMPED WITH A SERIAL NUMBER ON ONE BASE EDGE '7360' and THE LETTER 'B'.ON THE OPPOSITE BASE EDGE IS STAMPED '22' (I BELIEVE THIS IS AN INSPECTORS MARK).ANVIL AGE: A SERIAL NUMBER MARK FROM HAY-BUDDEN WOULD DATE THE MANUFACTURE OF THIS ANTIQUE ANVIL TO 1893-1894 (my best research).STAND AGE: THIS CUSTOM VINTAGE STAND WAS MADE AROUND 1950 (BEST ESTIMATE).ANVIL SIZE: IT IS APPROX.

A RARE and VERY EARLY! HAY-BUDDEN ANVIL c.1893-94 MAKER: IT IS MARKED 'HAY-BUDDEN, MANUFACTURING, BROOKLYN, N.Y.