In this video, the first of two parts, I start making an Anglo-Saxon style anvil. These were quite small and made for portability. A small bic was a feature of some of these though a larger, independent Bic was also known to be used. This style of anvil was used through much of ancient Northern Europe and would have been recognisable from England through Germany and Scandinavia all the way to Moscow.
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