About a year ago, I was visiting a sick friend and he asked me to help him price and sell some of his blacksmith equipment. I bought (and paid for)this anvil from him(don't ask what I paid for it, it was not a cheap anvil) and didn't pick the anvil up that day. Larry died about 4 days later and I didn't get back to pick up the anvil until this past month. His wife asked if we could help price and sell a lot of his other blacksmith stuff so I spent a Saturday pricing and selling a lot of the equipment(doing my best to be fair to everyone involved). If I would let myself think about the stuff belonging to Larry, it was very hard to do! I just had to concentrate on the value of the stuff. Anyway, Larry's anvil came to live at my shop for a while! It's a pretty nice Hay-Budden stamped 164 pounds. I have not looked up the date of manufacture yet but I think it is a later Hay-Budden.

Very Nice anvil
From Anvils in America. Postman says 150,000 to 160,000 is around 1908 Give or take 2 years!
Graeme

A very nice piece of history, and a great story along side it.

I like stories like this.  Doing what is right,  lets a guy sleep at night. 

Anglesmith, Thanks for the information on the date for the anvil!

I really miss Larry, he was the person I would go to when i needed information and support to get through some of the issues I was facing. I just hope I can help someone else half as much as he helped me the last few years! Larry's dying left a big hole in a lot of people's lives!

Bill Davis

Good story, and a nice anvil as well. I'm sure it will have a good home.

What is that geared machine in the background?

What is that geared machine in the background?
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That is a tire bender for rolling the steel tire or "tyre" on a wooden wagon wheel. I think there is a thread on this site with pictures of this tire bender, unless it was lost in the meltdown.

Bill D.

Nice anvil...