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#297 pound hay budden anvil free#
Feel free to show off your latest creations or get advice on a problem, or anything else related to blacksmithing! Previous winners of our monthly contest! Hard to find good anvils, I believe mainly because Blacksmithin' is a dying art, it's mostly old curmudgeons like me that are even interested in the art, but that modern technologies such as drop forge products are partially what has obsoleted them.A subreddit devoted to all things blacksmith. What most people think of as a Blacksmith's anvil has a square heel on the rear of the top with hardy and pritchel holes in them and a large horn on the front. The modern shoes are pre-shaped and require very little when being fitted to a hoof. I know it's commonly accepted that Farriers are Blacksmiths, but there is very little forging done when shoeing horses. A Farrier anvil is typical a bit narrower with some features that are desirable for shaping horseshoes. That actually reminds me that if you're looking for a decent used anvil, a Farrier anvil is much less desirable for a Blacksmith. I also have a couple smaller anvils, here's a sawmaker's anvil which I use when working on handsaws.Ĭlick to expand.Actually there have been a few people that do that, and in Oakland, CA at The Crucible they did produce some solid tool steel anvils, AFAIK.įor a modern "traditional style anvil", the Peddinghaus are tough to beat.for lack of a better analogy. This is an older HB which only had a tool steel plate on top.ĮDIT: holy crap batman, here's a similar anvil which sold on ebay for $850 for a 128# Hay Budden. This is one of the cleanest anvils I've ever seen. Here's some small pics of the near pristine Hay Budden 128 lb. You can see the line right around the top of the chains.It was only the more recent anvils that HB made which had 1/3rd of tool steel for the top. A better date on that would be in Postman's book. This change took effect around the turn of the 20th century, so right around 1900.
The older HBs used a tool steel plate also, but thicker than the competition. The reason is that the newer ones had 1/3rd of tool steel on the top of the anvil, where other English anvils such as Peter Wrights only had a 9/16" tool steel plate on top. I consider the Hay Budden anvils to be some of the best anvils made in days of yore.