Bondo Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Got a hay budden anvil and it's an 165 any ever see that size ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Yes I have one myself; pretty common size; why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bondo Posted March 10, 2015 Author Share Posted March 10, 2015 Got a hay budden anvil and it's an 165 any ever see that size ?An H B? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Yes, Hay Budden Brooklyn NY I was using it last Saturday in the blacksmithing class I teach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njanvilman Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 HB made anvils from 10 lb to 800 lb. The weight was stamped in after they were made and weighed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Hay Budden made over 300000 anvils; yours is in very excellent shape. Just working hot steel on it will polish the face all it needs. I have an HB I was using tonight: 134# that was stored in an unheated shack near a swamp in Ohio for 50 years. It has fine pitting from condensation over the entire face. The sweet spot is now smooth and shiny just from forging on it. I expect my 165# one will clean up as well with more use---doesn't get carted around to day long forge classes and at home I'm more prone to use my 515# Fisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Roy Posted March 16, 2015 Share Posted March 16, 2015 I have two Hay Buddens, 112# and 163#. The heavier one has two pritchel holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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