

'Keen Kutter' branded many products and under contract with HB branded HB Anvils with the Keen Kutter logo. Local ABANA groups usually meet quarterly and have demonstrations and hands on teaching/training on techniques at meetings with lots of knowledge being shared! AnvilFire is another good source as well as Ebay but shipping cost may become a large factor in overall price.īranding in the market place has been around for a long time. The Blacksmith Community locally such as shops closing or someone who has stuff for sale or selling tools at the meetings. You will find they share information and things happening in. Then go visit and join a local ABANA group and participate with these folks. I suggest go and search for a local ABANA group near them on the ABANA Site. I have folks contacting me frequently wanting to know if I sell HB Anvils and once I inform them that I don’t sell HB Anvils the following questions are sent asking, “Where does one find HBs for sale?” and or “About how is the best way to locate anvils for sale?”. With the serial number you gave I might be able to dig a date of. Can anyone ID a hay budden anvil by ser no a7299 any information is much. Some Trenton anvils also have an A in front of the serial number. I will eventually build a forge with a firepot, it's hard to get a deep budven with a rivet forge. To download HAY BUDDEN SERIAL NUMBERS, click on the Download button. B and 22 could be anything, such as hay budden serial numbers batch number, inspector mark or anvil crew identification. Another sign of the Hay-Budden is the 'hourglass shape' of the indentation on the bottom of the anvil, (actually a fairly thin rim that projects down from the edge of the base and so follows the. Just below the trademark That is also the place that Hay-Budden marked their anvils.For the inspectors mark look under the horn on both sides of the handleing hole. That serial number corresponds to 1906 according to Anvils in America.
