Hay Budden Anvil Info

[bigcaddy]

Good evening everybody, or at least those who are interested,

I'm looking for a bit of info on an anvil I picked up this weekend. Normally I would just ask my dad if I can borrow his AIA book but if I ask him now, it will raise a red flag

I mentioned the anvil and a possibility of buying it at a sale but never told him I actually did. He's a big collector so it makes a perfect gift but I have to keep it a secret

I'm just a bit curious on the model/style, weight and possible age. I'm not exactly clueless but I'm still missing some hard to find infor, unless you have the book handy

It looks like a forged top mated to a wrought base, I can see the line at the waist but I don't know when the anvil was made. It has to be earlier then 1926 and I only have the first 2 numbers (20xxx) from the serial. The rest are covered by a hold down peg

The weight is either 151 or 161 and I found a 020 on the back. That should be the model number but doesn't tell me much else

If anybody has AIA and don't mind sharing info with me, I would be very thankful. I just bought the book on ebay so I'll have my own copy soon

 

[bigcaddy]

Here's a full picture if it helps any

The stump has severe termite damage so it will be restumped in the future. I have a rather large selection of dried olive and american walnut trunk sections so I can take my pick

 

[btrnuthatch]

Don't know if this will help as I am not anvil knowledgeable. I saved this link after I acquired a Hay Budden anvil. If nothing else, it's educational for Hay Budden fans/owners.

http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/18789-hay-budden-anvil-catalogue-from-191415/

 

[bigcaddy]

Don't know if this will help as I am not anvil knowledgeable. I saved this link after I acquired a Hay Budden anvil. If nothing else, it's educational for Hay Budden fans/owners.

http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/18789-hay-budden-anvil-catalogue-from-191415/

Thanks for the link! I've been looking and kept finding like to that site but never that page

It looks like I have a 150 lb blacksmith anvil with a custom 1" hardie hole

 

[shanny19]

I have a rather large selection of dried olive and american walnut trunk sections so I can take my pick

Um,...... You ****!

 

[drivesitfar]

BC: mind saying what you paid for an AIA book on Ebay? they used to sell new for over $200 a year or two ago and then i started seeing the prices drop. i to would like to own one just because if for nothing else to look at the pictures and learn a bit more history because i'm anviless in Seattle again. that hopefully will change shortly, but i tend to get talked out of the ones i'm not using quite often.

cheers and again nice find.

PS if you move it to another piece of wood are you planning on re mounting that anvil with those straps? nice Birthday present even if he has a few already.

 

[woody 73]

Um,...... You ****!

Darn I would kill just to have large walnut, someone could make killer projects just from that one stump.

 

[bigcaddy]

We just sent a 6 foot tall stack of 2" slabs of walnut from our backyard to be turned into furniture. I don't have a shot of the milled wood but do have one of the burl/trunk section. It was a beast and was gonna fall on the house so it had to go

 

[bigcaddy]

BC: mind saying what you paid for an AIA book on Ebay? they used to sell new for over $200 a year or two ago and then i started seeing the prices drop. i to would like to own one just because if for nothing else to look at the pictures and learn a bit more history because i'm anviless in Seattle again. that hopefully will change shortly, but i tend to get talked out of the ones i'm not using quite often.

cheers and again nice find.

PS if you move it to another piece of wood are you planning on re mounting that anvil with those straps? nice Birthday present even if he has a few already.

It was 78.00 and I plan on reusing all of the mounts on it now. If I ever get my huge chainsaw running, I can cut a new trunk section to mount the anvil down

 

[bigcaddy]

Darn I would kill just to have large walnut, someone could make killer projects just from that one stump.

My area has a ton of walnut trees, native California oaks and olive trees.

I saw a valley oak explode years ago, it had something to do with heat, moisture, stress and a dual branch book-ended trunk, that was huge and just down the street.

It was originally growing in a creek bed so they built a huge pit around the tree and a bridge in the neighborhood. When the tree blew, they cut off what was above grade and the huge trunk section was left in the hole and filled in. I would say it measured 8' across and was about 11' tall

I really wanted that hunk of wood but didn't have a crane handy to pull it out