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Got me another beauty.. This is a rather strange bird Hay Budden in 198lbs form.. I have never seen a Hay Budden like this.. Also, has 2 serial numbers.. In the usual spot the number is Higher than the one on the back heel.. 165020 and the serial on the other side foot is 162702 It has no step from waist to horn, long horn, small pritchel hole 1/2", only 4" wide 1.125 hardie hole.. Has nothing in common with another Factory standard dimensioned 200lbs Hay Budden.. Excellent width for colonial hardware..

YUp you stole it..

Wow, No steals.. Not sure for a couple of hundred I think you stole it.. Nice anvil.. and looks in great shape to boot..

Nice anvil.. Did you find it locally?

A2 is a decent steel to work with.. Just have to watch your interforge temperatures..

You are correct.. It is a 2 piece anvil.. And it is also what I call a high top.. The ones I have seen starting with A in the serial number actually have a shorter table to top height.. Looks like a few places were fixed.. Not a biggy.. The 2 piece HB's with high top are my favorites.. the HB204 above you can see is a low top 2 piece and even the horn has a slightly different shape/profile..

Nice vise for sure.. Congrats

200 Columbian on stand for dirt work.. Was designed for the Trenton 155 as well but repurposed to keep the Columbian off the ground. Fisher Eagle 150 in just about brand new condition.. Original paint on top of the Columbian 200lbs 204 HB, Trenton 209 on top of a Henry Wright 330lbs

Here is my HB 368 on the new fabricated 250lbs stand I put together.. It has accessory shoes built in and can accommodated up to 3.5" or height adjustment. With close up of the retention setup.. With the anvil strapped down there is nearly no ring.. The stand is designed to also be bolted down to the floor or have weight added inside.. Here is my HB 175 mounted in the Demo trailer on a stand that originally held a Trenton (german) 155lbs.. Stand maybe weighs 20lbs as I was trying to keep it super light.. Also made it 20 years ago.. Time flys. 3/4 galv water pipe.. I'm surprised it still going strong since it doesn't have any diagonal supports..

My Champion 400 came with a clamp that wrapped around the pipe and was nutted onto the lower portion of the housing just at the flange.. Sadly the clamp broke as it was cast iron when I was putting the pipe on going to the forge. Don't even know where the clamp broken pieces are as that was 15 years ago and moved a few times.. Maybe I'll find it when I move into the new shop and finally unload all the boxes..

I haven't had the 400 apart all the way.. But key thing is to keep them well lubed even in storage.. Sadly mine was dead quite with very little use on it and i didn't cover it one winter.. The next year it made noise.. not bad but still had bearing damage.

When I make my 10" I might part with 1 of them but that won't happen for sometime..

Wow, Very interesting.. Nice find.. I wonder when they moved from the shop floor into management only or whether they continued to work as shop men?

I prefer my anvils lower by about 2".. I want my hammer with loose arms and relaxed hand to be at a slight down hill throw or angle This allows for me to move over to the far side of the anvil and by just changing my position my back hand comes up which is good for me when working longer bars and forging tapers or balls on the ends..

I have an 8.5" no name and just picked up an 8" Columbian. Sadly around here the larger vises anything over 5.5" are tough to come by as are larger anvils over about 250lbs.. Vises of larger size are going for big money.. The one I have is maybe the twin in the picture as they are the same MFG.. Mine is an older die forged Wrought iron.. I can't get the picture to be the correct orientation..