Cheap little Anvil.

[Matt Lukes]

My anvil is one of these cast steel types and while 'real' blacksmiths call them ASO's (anvil-shaped objects), the truth is that anvils with a tool steel face are only a couple of hundred years old- for THOUSANDS of years smiths just used lumps of iron/steel, so technically, one of these cast anvils is rather more appropriate for making ancient stuff Mine's got all kinds of little dents and scars on the face, but I just take an angle grinder with a sanding disc and smooth it out some (removing very little metal really) and it's much better. And, of course, the relatively light weight makes it considerably more portable...