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Arg I thought I did reply! Yes I saw a post talking about Trenton bottoms and as mine is slid I thought I’d better check and I had come to the conclusion it is possibly Hay Budden as well!!!

Here you go Black Frog! It is in amazing shape! This was literally ‘one of those barn finds’ I am 13 so my mom has been helping as we have next to nothing in central BC. She posted on every FB group she’s on and a guy just happened to see it and said I have one sitting in an old shop that was left by the previous owner. He finally got back to us with its size and then sent some pics and we checked with my mentor what he thought. He said GET IT!! If you don’t I will! This guy had no idea what he was sitting on and I can’t believe how lucky I am. The guy drove it 3 hours to meet us and my mentor took a hammer to every bit of it then gave us a sly thumbs up. Rebound is amazing, ball bearing bounces to the sky. Here it is before I got to tidying it

When did they switch their base styles, do you know? Someone just identified this anvil which I just bought as a 1902 Trenton??

Thank you so much!

I have just purchased a 295lb anvil, stamped Ajax JH Ashdown Winnipeg 28496 I have read up on the history of JH Ashdown Hardware and Tinsmith but am wondering if there is anyone out there with the knowhow to date this anvil by the number stamped on it? Appreciate any insight!!