Does anybody have a copy of this book? I posted in my other thread that I have been wanting an anvil with a round horn. I totally forgot that I already had an old round horn anvil in the barn. I dug it out this morning and turns out it is an old Hay Budden, about 80 lbs. It needs a little work but I think I am going to fix it and use it for a while. The reason I was wondering about the book is I understand there is a section that tells the age of anvils by the serial number. My anvil's number is A34077. I would appreciate it if anyone has the book if they would look that up for me.
Yeah definitely. All I have done so far is go over it with a wire brush. Someone before me had already ground down the rough chipped edges. Here's a pic after the cleaning
without seeing the face, it looks like a very useable anvil. instead of welding on the edges (which has a high incidence of failure in short periods of time) grind on the vertical surfaces a little and then dress the edges with varing radii. remember sharp edges are only for cutting not forging. I wouldn't weld on a Hay Budden unless it was missing a large portion of the face. I've seen a lot of anvils lose value after someone "fixed" them.
