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Hey everyone, long time creeper first time poster.

Just looking for some help IDing this old anvil. It was in my dads shop (he’s a disel mechanic) for about 20 year and he doesn’t remember where it came from. Mostly used it to beat on stuff, but I think it may have been softened in the past

Its got a good ring to it and about 60% rebound, but it also slightly deforms when you drop a 1inch ball bearing.

Just looking for as much info as I can find. Was also considering taking it to a professional heat treating place to see if it can be rehardened. 

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Welcome aboard. It would help to know where in the world you are located, hence the suggestion to edit your profile to show it. From the remnants of the makers mark, I think it's a Hay Budden, although the folks who know vastly more about anvils than I may have a different answer.

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So thanks to y’all pointing me in the right direction and some more online research, looks like it might be a HB from either 1907 or 1911 depending on what the second digit of the serial number actually is.

I could be totally wrong tho, always appreciated if anyone else has opinions.

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No worries, if you remember to look I’d appreciate it, but not a big deal if you get busy.

Leaning more towards it being a 1911, I read that year was included in the plateless design for HB where the whole upper half of the anvil was steel while the lower was still wrought iron, which would make sense considering it has a good ring when you tap the sides of it.

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