Talk:Anvil

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Anvils In America by Richard Postman contains more information on anvils than anything written to date. -- User:216.177.228.118 07:24, 17 November 2005

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[edit] Photo

A better, more diagramatic photo is needed. —Ben FrantzDale 03:57, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Image:Amboß klein.jpg has been added since the request was made, perhaps that's sufficient. If not, perhaps one of the guys at the Graphics Lab can generate a quick wireframe drawing of one. --Interiot 02:00, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Where are they now=

To quote the gilmore girls, what happened to all the anvils?

To add to that - should that be included in the article in the entertainment and TV section? They do have a quite a significant conversation on the topic. Could someone answer this?121.208.37.161 (talk) 08:17, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Enclume?

Why does enclume redirect here? I was looking for it in a pot rack sense. 166.189.19.106 (talk) 23:01, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Enclume is French for Anvil. It's also a manufacturer of pot racks, and (unfortunately) Williams Sonoma (which sells Enclume pot racks) trains its sales staff to tell customers that they are not looking for "Pot Racks" but for "Enclumes." If you're presented with this, tell them that you're not looking for an anvil but for a pot rack. Unless you actually do want an anvil, I guess. 71.145.152.70 (talk) 05:40, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] some minor details

Passage mentions other variations of anvils, but only deals with the blacksmith's. A piccie of a farrier's anvil is shown, but no explanation is given for how it is different to the more common one.

There are more interesting cultural references to anvils apart from one occuring in the comics. William Blake uses anvils as a central symbol of the creative process, and I remember Omar Shariff in Lawrence of Arabia describing a trackless desert, supposedly impossible to cross, as "The Anvil of God". Here in Wikipedia, comic books seem to be just about the only repository of cultural references we have. Myles325a (talk) 00:01, 31 May 2008 (UTC)