It has some wear expected on an anvil years old. Hay Budden anvils are recognized as one of the best if not the best anvils made in America. This Hay Budden anvil, serialdates fromThe second year of production. Comes with hardy, mounted on stump with removable tool holder and a couple of other hardy tools. Introductions Come First, Right?Very good condition anvil. Login name Password Remember me Register Lost password? Administrators: admin: Look What I scored! Please consider registering guest. Having a blast learning about all this new Stuff! Lots of compiled articles written by working blacksmiths from way back in the day. Hay-Budden Farriers Anvil 150#, Help in Dating This Baby! | Look What I scored! | Forum For the inspectors mark look under the horn on both sides of the handleing hole…That mark is usually very deep. Hold your flatter on top of the work and hit it with a hammer, not your best forging hammer. They are not for striking, they are struck. Swadges, fullers, punches, drifts, butchers and flatters with handles are top tools which are struck with a hammer or sledge. Many thanks for helping me learn about this new world of blacksmithing… I think two of these are hammers - looks like there are holes for a handle on each of them. Minimum search word length is 3 characters - maximum search word length is 84 characters.