![]() ![]() ![]() Hay Budden Anvil, It weighs 200# it is a swelled horn with Tip intack, Does anyone have an idea what it was Made for, The Hardy tool is removable, A collector friend of Mine bought it Years ago, Said it was worth $3000. In 1905, Hay-Budden claimed that there were over 100,000 of their anvils in use. They supposedly began operation in 1890 and went out of business in the era of 1920 to 1925. Post added at 10:43 AM - Previous post was at 10:38 AM - A second United States manufacturer of anvils was Hay-Budden Manufacturing Co. OTOH we still have folks reporting getting good anvils for $2 a pound or even free by finding the ones NOT being marketed for profit.Hay Budden Anvil, It weighs 200# it is a swelled horn with Tip intack, Does anyone have an idea what it was Made for, The Hardy tool is removable, A collector friend of Mine bought it Years ago, Said it was worth $3000.00? (I got a lot of calls about "is that price firm?" to which my reply was "no I'd be happy to raise it a dollar or two a pound." And it was so much fun explaining I didn't need an intermediate sized anvil like that.got two over 400# for large work and two at 165# for most shop work and several travel anvils for teaching.) Probably could have held out for more from a dealer but didn't want to deal with dealers and flippers. I thought I would post some of the prices. There were fifty plus anvils in the auction. I attended an anvil and tool auction last month. Posted 2 months ago Hay Budden 166 lbs Anvil - 700 (Kings Park) craigslist - Map data OpenStreetMap condition: good make / manufacturer: Hay Budden size / dimensions: 26 long Hay Budden 166 lbs Anvil A rare find. I recently sold an anvil I picked up in the hoard and didn't need, 248# Peter Wright, I sold it for US$1000 to a new smith. This is a little off the thread, but I think a number of you would be interested. I still think that there is a bubble going on, a lot like the classic tulip bulb market bubble and fueled a lot by blacksmithing shows on TV and internet. Addeddate 20-25-16 Identifier HayBuddenMfgCo1909 Identifier-ark ark-/13960/t0sr6d89p Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11. Being laid off in the early 2000's put paid to that dream but I haven't regretted tooling up back in the "Blacksmith's Happy Hunting Grounds". Hay Budden Serial Number List Hay Budden Anvil Serial Numbers It is marked Booth Co, Royds Mill, Sheffd, then has 1.3.16 (I think this must be 1 March 1816) then the numbers 107. I was hoping to take early retirement and open a school. I think part of the problem is that a lot of people don't KNOW that good new anvils are easily available it's a very inefficient market in economic terms.īack in the 1990's I was buying a good condition, good brand used anvil a year for under US$1 a pound. When you see that used anvil for sale, you now have information to compare and make an informed decision about the purchase. HAY BUDDEN BLACKSMITH FARRIERS CLIP HORN ANVIL. The blacksmithing standard for NEW anvils in the fall 2019 is the $6.00 to $9.00 price range. Let us limit things to blacksmithing anvils in the 100 to 200 pound range. If you use the anvil just on the weekends, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and toss $1.00 into the kitty each day, you now have $2880. 20 years, times 12 months in a year, and 4 weeks in a month, you get 20 x 12 x 4 which equals 960 (weeks) which can be called $960 dollars or $1.00 per week. You plan on using an anvil for the next say 20 years. marked in actual pounds, not english stone weight. Hay-Budden Anvil Small anvils such as this are relatively rare and in great demand by artists and jewelers. 120 would be the weight, anvil makers in the U.S. SOLD Photos from Ted Mays, Tool Collection Tour Small 57 lb. HBs had the weight stamp on the side under the logo, and the HB ACMEs Ive seen have the ACME logo higher toward the top face and centered on the anvil. You will need to figure out what you plan on making and purchase the style and anvil weight to fit the work.Ĭalculate the price per pound on each anvil. Trenton (mostly) put the weight stamp on the foot opposite the serial number. Try out block anvils, single horn, double horn, London pattern, farriers pattern, etc. Go to the blacksmiths meetings and look at the different anvils and the purpose they were designed for. Some blacksmithing work goes a bit heavierĪn anvil is a life time investment, as it will most likely out last several owners if the anvil is treated well. Farriers go a bit lighter as their stuff is mobile by necessity. The anvil weight is 100 to 150 pounds for many blacksmith shops. ![]()
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