Most models of anvils you find are clean anvils, but this is now what they look like when they are in use.a good blacksmith will clean its anvil after use, but during forging, a anvil is often far from clean, especially if the blacksmith is working on a forge weld.

Hammers for forging come in different shapes and are used for different purposes. In order to forge efficiently and accurately a blacksmith uses multiple hammers to complete his work.

These models are the 3 most used types of hammers for your typical blacksmith.the basic forging hammer with the two similar sides is used to do most of the forging work.The other two hammers are for more specialized tasks like drawing out the metal, or to create more complex shapes