It was better to have 8 men as then each man had a little longer to rest between blows. The plate had to be welded without stop in 15 minutes. This work was done by 6 to 8 anvil smiths each with heavy sledge hammers hitting around the plate in turn.
Now came the most importand and heaviest part of the forging work, the forge welding of the steel plate (the anvil face (6)). Up to this point, the anvil was made of iron which could not be hardened and was called “puddeleisen” ,puddled iron, or wrought iron. After both reached welding temperature the pieces were put together and forge welded by the sledge hammers of 4 to 6 blacksmiths. For example, the Luppe was heated in a main coal fire and the foot was heated in a separate fire used just for individual parts. The various individual parts comprising the horns (2), the feet (3), the side shelf (4), and the heel (5) were all fire welded to the main body called the Luppe (1). Up until 1956 the blacksmith anvil was made of many parts forged and fire welded together. These early attempts failed due to poor quality of the castings. Many attempts were made to make anvils from cast iron and steel. With the development of more artistic blacksmithing in each village, a more efficient and better quality anvil was required. In the middle ages a simple steel block was the typical anvil. The elaborate hand forged double horned anvil is efficient for the blacksmith and is in itself an artform.
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