New Anvil

[mb44kar]

I am replacing my old 208 lbs Peter Wright, chipped edges and all. The horn and flat on top are perfectly serviceable as are some sections of the edge, and haven't impeded me in any way. But I found an anvil advertised at 475 lbs. and couldn't help myself. I best be honest with myself on that one.

On the crane scale I have for my engine hoist it came in at about 410 lbs. No skin off my bones! It is just barely at the weight (and weight distribution - majorly top heavy) that I can walk it around nicely even now mounted to a ~100-150 lb. log.

 

I believe it to be either Hay Budden or maybe possibly Arm & Hammer but the bottom of the heel isn't quite as rough as the A&H examples in Postman's "Anvils in America". The bottom being flat with a slight border suggest Hay Budden I think. There was a "2" on the front of the foot, left side when facing the horn from the front.

 

It took a few weekends of paint stripping and wire wheel, but it's somewhat clean now and it's going to get beat on anyway now, just wanted to show it off first .

[whitewill1412]

That's a big beautiful chunk of metal.  Make sure you show us what you create with it

[Irondragon Forge ClayWorks]

It does look like a Hay Budden with almost pristine edges, although every one I have seen including our 106 pounder has the weight stamped into the right side under the name & address and a serial number under the horn on the front foot. The step & horn look slightly different although a previous owner may have modified them. How is the ring & rebound.

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[mb44kar]

4 hours ago, whitewill1412 said:

That's a big beautiful chunk of metal.  Make sure you show us what you create with it

Will do. Currently experimenting with metal stamp forging via hammering blanks into engraved and milled die blocks. Certainly don't need a quarter ton anvil for that, but the bigger surface area is nice. I've also forged a 1-1/4" x 4' pry bar from 4140 on that Peter Wright, helped to move a Cincinnati #2 horizontal mill, weighing in at 6500 lbs.

2 hours ago, Irondragon Forge ClayWorks said:

It does look like a Hay Budden with almost pristine edges, although every one I have seen including our 106 pounder has the weight stamped into the right side under the name & address and a serial number under the horn on the front foot. The step & horn look slightly different although a previous owner may have modified them. How is the ring & rebound.

That looks very similar, cool to see those somewhat incomplete forge welds on the bottom of that Hay Budden. I see no weight nor logo on the right side of mine, but I'll see if some corn starch makes it show up. Maybe could be that the heavy weight anvils were marked differently?