Hay Budden Anvil Weight?

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Author Message Jared Yetzer (Jaryetz) New member Username: Jaryetz Post Number: 1 Registered: 11-2005 Posted on Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 6:10 pm:    Hi everybody, I picked up an old anvil yesterday, and I can read that it is manufactured by Hay Budden, but I can't make out any other numbers on it. It is 12'' tall, about 30'' long, and 4 1/2'' wide. Would anybody know what this probably weighs? I don't think I could ask my dad to help me lift it onto a scale after we managed to get it home. ;) Thanks! Ken Scharabok Unregistered guest Posted on Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 9:07 pm:    Not that hard to weigh. Lift horn to rest on back heel. Put bathroom scale underneath. Bring anvil down on scale. If you look on the front foot you should see some numbers. The ones to the left are normally the serial number. If you can read what it is, it can be correlated to year of manufacture. Other number may or may not be weight. May be a number to identify metal lot number. As you may know, Hay-Buddens are considered to be among the best anvils ever made in the U.S. david v o pennington (Dvopsmith) New member Username: Dvopsmith Post Number: 2 Registered: 3-2007 Posted on Monday, July 30, 2007 - 11:13 pm:    hi ken i'm wondering a bout this hb anvil i'm looking at. 33x13x5-1/2 serial #4008a . the weight and date of mfg. thanks dave Ken Scharabok (Ken_scharabok) New member Username: Ken_scharabok Post Number: 210 Registered: 3-2006 Posted on Tuesday, July 31, 2007 - 3:34 am:    About 325 pounds. H-B didn't put As at the end of serial number. Probably a 4. If so, 40084 would be about 1898. Debbie Nickols (Deb) New member Username: Deb Post Number: 1 Registered: 11-2009 Posted on Sunday, November 29, 2009 - 11:06 am:    My brother in law is interested in an HB Anvil...a good, heavy one...is anybody interested in a sale??? Dan Snowden (Retaeroanal) New member Username: Retaeroanal Post Number: 1 Registered: 1-2010 Posted on Monday, January 25, 2010 - 6:06 pm:    I have my grandfathers Hay Budden Anvil, marked 163 below the name. The serial number is 174525. Size 26 1/2 X 12 overall. Face is 3 7/8 with 2 pritchel holes and 1 hardie hole. What is year of manufacture and the wieght? Ken Scharabok (Ken_scharabok) New member Username: Ken_scharabok Post Number: 414 Registered: 3-2006 Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2010 - 2:23 am:    About 1910. Weight should be near 163 pounds.