Unforgivun Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 OK, so as many of you know my brother in law and I have been looking for a good anvil for a while now. The other day I happened to see that Stewart had posted an ebay listing for a haybudden in Alabama. The listing had already ended and with it, I thought, my luck. Turns out I was wrong, I sent the gentleman an email asking if he still had the anvil. He did, and not only did he still have it, they had found a 2nd one in his mom and dad's basement. The first anvil is a 130 lb Hay Budden, in decent shape. The 2nd anvil is a 153 lb Peter Wright with a good face and a slightly swayed horn. Upon departing to meet the man, I called him to let him know to be expecting me, and he informed me that he had now found a 5" post vise. The first picture is a little blurry as the camera was still a bit fogged from coming out of the A/C into the heat. When everything was said and done, we picked up both anvils and the post vise for $375 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Give ya $450.......... ...........................Nice haul! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Excellent score! Those look to be in great shape overall. Put them on some stumps and get busy! Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Good for you! Time to get to work now. Mark<>< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old N Rusty Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I heard those dings on the side came from the smith showing a customer that the tool he sharpened was hard and sharp, "See it can dent my anvil" . The customer would not know that is soft iron down there and would be duly impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Dean Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I LOVE IT when someone gets a great deal! Good for you and good for the guy that gave you the deal! Now when are we gonna see some purdys from these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM454 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I almost emailed him about the Hay Budden. I have a 150# HB and a 130#good Trenton already. Glad you got it and will put it to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM454 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I almost emailed him about the Hay Budden. I have a 150# HB and a 130#good Trenton already. Glad you got it and will put it to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unforgivun Posted August 20, 2011 Author Share Posted August 20, 2011 Well BM454 I'm glad you didn't. We were using makeshift anvil's so its really nice to have something proper (with good rebound) to work on. My makeshift anvil worked just fine, it just didn't have any rebound to speak of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cvmikeray Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Man I almost called him on that also. Want to trade off that post vise? I have a smaller one and a few bucks if your interested. I also have some other black smithy things also I could trade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Great Deal! Need a place to hide out till the hue and cry dies down? Hope you left your number in case anything else turns up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeman Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Fantastic deal! Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unforgivun Posted August 23, 2011 Author Share Posted August 23, 2011 Great Deal! Need a place to hide out till the hue and cry dies down? Hope you left your number in case anything else turns up... I did actually, he said he didn't know if anything else would turn up but that there were a few tongs that he might find lying around during the cleanup process. So hopefully we'll be able to get something sorted. I've looked for ways to date these but I think the stampings are too far eroded to really get much.. I can't find a SN on the HB and the PW doesn't seem to have England on it anywhere *shrugs*. Doesn't matter in the long run, its just a tool, its just sort of neat to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 I'd go with they are from "Between the Wars"; ACW & WW1 most likely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolano Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I have a 130lb hay budden, it's a good anvil, but the face is a little soft. Could just be mine, but be careful not to ding it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 My HB has one of the hardest faces of all my anvils (Fisher, Trenton, Arm & Hammer, Peter Wright, Powell, HB) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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