Stone or bronze anvils can be bought as well, although you’re going to have to look quite a bit to find them. There are also some more exotic options out there. As such, you’re going to have the most variety when it comes to choosing steel anvils since most manufacturers are going to have at least one type of steel anvil available to choose from, if not more. At the same time, steel has become pretty much the go-to anvil material for most blacksmiths. Steel, on the other hand, has less of a rebound when you strike it. At the same time, iron anvils tend to have a lot of rebound when you hit them with a hammer or other instrument. Cast iron anvils tend to be inferior to their steel counterparts since iron can be a little bit more brittle. Most anvils these days are made either from steel or iron, although there are some more exotic options as well. This can make a major difference when you’re trying to work on a project. These types of tools are sometimes known as hardy tools (or just anvil tools or bottom tools), which can be securely attached directly to the anvil via this hole.īelieve it or not, not all anvils are made from the same material.
Similar to the pritchel hole, the hardy hole lets blacksmiths hold other types of tools onto the anvil as well. The other hole is a larger, more rectangular hole that’s used by blacksmiths to hold various tools, such as swages or chisels. The purpose of this part is when you’re trying to punch round holes into your metal, you can put a chisel or another tool on there and use it to put a hole into your metal that will be hammered in from above. The smallest of these holes is a relatively tiny, circular hole that’s called the pritchel hole. On the opposite side of your anvil, you’re going to see a couple of holes. This is because the horn is used for bending, rather than hammering. While anvils tend to be around the same strength overall, sometimes designers make the horn a little bit weaker than the face. By putting a hot piece of metal on this area, blacksmiths can use the horn to bend what they’re working with to whatever shape they want. This corn-shaped part is specifically designed to help blacksmiths shape metal pieces into rounded and curved shapes. That side portion that’s jutting out of the anvil is called the horn. It’s a bit higher than the horn but lower than the face, with some blacksmiths using the table to cut and bend metal on its edge. The table is quite small, not really useful for hammering your stock like the face is. The next part of the anvil is a small area between the face of the anvil and the horn, which is the part that’s strutting from the side of the anvil. Although you’re not going to be actually hitting this part of the anvil with your hammer (it’s your metal that will be getting hit), it’s still designed so that it can sustain a serious pounding if needed. This is the long, flat section at the top of the anvil, which is used as a platform to strike metal. The largest part of the anvil is called the face. As such, every part of it has a deliberate function in mind. Over hundreds of years, blacksmiths have been slowly but steadily improving the shape and design of their anvils. While you might think the anvil is a relatively simple object – and to some extent, it is – a fair deal of thought went into the design.
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