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Blacksmiths and metalworkers use an anvil to shape and manipulate metal by hammering it into various shapes. Anvils are also used by jewelers, farriers, and anyone performing metalwork or forging tasks.
blacksmiths usually used hammers,a forge, a vise,hacksaw,anvil,and tongs
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Metal smiths; like blacksmiths. Men that had fire, anvil, and a hammer at their disposal.
That is called an ANVIL and most blacksmiths would have had at least 3 of them.
Blacksmiths use them as a hard sculpting tool for soft and extremely hot metals. Their shape is so that they can bend them easier.
An anvil is used as a forging tool. This would have been used by blacksmiths a long time ago. Nowadays, anvils are not needed as much since most products are solely made my machines.
A person who works on an anvil is typically called a blacksmith. Blacksmiths forge and shape metal using heat and tools, often creating items like horseshoes, tools, and decorative pieces. The anvil serves as a sturdy surface on which the blacksmith hammers and molds the heated metal.
A person that works with metal anvil and a chisel is called a blacksmith. Blacksmiths are rare now, but in the days when horses were a common mode of transport, the blacksmith made horseshoes, wagon wheels and other metal parts.