page_title: Anvil
hierarchical_section_title: Anvil
caption_attribution_description: English: This is an anvil seen at the medieval construction site Guédelon in Treigny, France. The fortress castle is being built using the materials and techniques of the Middle Ages.
context_page_description: An anvil is a metalworking tool consisting of a large block of metal, with a flattened top surface, upon which another object is struck.
  Anvils are as massive as is practical, because the higher their inertia, the more efficiently they cause the energy of striking tools to be transferred to the work piece. In most cases the anvil is used as a forging tool. Before the advent of modern welding technology, it was a primary tool of metal workers.
  The great majority of modern anvils are made of cast steel that has been heat treated by either flame or electric induction. Inexpensive anvils have been made of cast iron and low quality steel, but are considered unsuitable for serious use as they deform and lack rebound when struck.
context_section_description: An anvil is a metalworking tool consisting of a large block of metal (usually forged or cast steel), with a flattened top surface, upon which another object is struck (or "worked").
  Anvils are as massive as is practical, because the higher their inertia, the more efficiently they cause the energy of striking tools to be transferred to the work piece. In most cases the anvil is used as a forging tool. Before the advent of modern welding technology, it was a primary tool of metal workers.
  The great majority of modern anvils are made of cast steel that has been heat treated by either flame or electric induction. Inexpensive anvils have been made of cast iron and low quality steel, but are considered unsuitable for serious use as they deform and lack rebound when struck.
caption: An anvil at the medieval construction site of Guédelon in Treigny, France.
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