100 pound hay budden

[Donniev]

My brother is friends with someone down the road from him who inherited this and didn't want it so literally gave it to me. It's a bit beaten up, but there's no swayback on it so I wonder how often it was actually used other a table. Gave her the wire treatment and now we're on to mounting it! Anyone know what the numbers mean? There's also a lone "3" on the other side of feet from the 19447 leg

[Irondragon Forge ClayWorks]

The number 99 under Brooklyn is the weight in pounds as manufactured. The 19447 is the serial number. I would say Robison is a prior owners name. Someone with a copy of AIA will probably let you know about when it was made.

You have a very nice HB and I hope you have read about not doing any grinding, milling or welding on the hardened face, all she needs is hot steel hammered on the face to make it shine.

[Jvirts]

i was given a hay-budden anvil for free and the serial number is 19447 and i cant seem to find anywhere online to look up when it was made.

[Irondragon Forge ClayWorks]

Welcome to IFI... I always suggest reading this to get the best out of the forum. READ THIS FIRST

Your brother started a thread about this anvil in another section so I suspect your thread will be merged with it. Someone with a copy of AIA will probably be along to say about when it was made. There are quite a few threads here about serial number ranges.

[Jvirts]

okay thank you!

[Frosty]

Welcome welcome aboard aboard guys, glad to have you. Now you two boys play nice and share. No fighting or I'll ground you both . . . and apply power! 

I think this is a first you both made your first posts within about an hour of each other. It was just too sweet a straight line for me to pass up. I'm bad that way.

You've scored a sweet anvil she appears to be in excellent condition only a little chipping on the edges and a few chisel marks. Unless heavily abused anvil faces don't really get beat up, the hardened steel face will slowly get beaten down into the body making a swale across it but that's not a bad thing. Chipping on the edges is to be expected, everybody misses now and then and a blow in an anvil's edge can break out chips. No biggy.

Check out the anvil stand section for ideas to mount it that works for you.

Frosty The Lucky.

[Irondragon Forge ClayWorks]

Frosty, shouldn't that be the anvil stand thread?

BTW: I called a friend who has a copy of AIA and that serial number is from 1895. She's in darn good shape for being that old.

 

[Frosty]

25 minutes ago, Irondragon Forge & Clay said:

Frosty, shouldn't that be the anvil stand thread?

Yes it should. . . POOF   it IS!

Thanks, 

Frosty The Lucky.