- Anvil: medium-sized anvils you can only find in jewelers' tools stores or handmade tools. A few years ago, when I couldn't find a suitable anvil, I used a flat, glossy ceramic tile instead. + ...

Anvils have been around since ancient times. Basically, anvils are used to forge and shape metal. The first anvils were made of stone, then bronze, then wrought iron, then steel-faced wrought iron, ...