I have a lot of bloom and bloom pieces from various smelts . more than I will make into blades.
I am thinking as a good long project that I will start compacting them together in order to make an anvil from them .
my thoughts are to make up one inch thick plates and then store them to assemble later .
My thoughts are that the anvil base and core could easily be from first compaction bloom and that I should process the material more as I get closer to the face. and finally face it with a carburises bloom steel face .
So what shaped anvil would you make from bloom ? weight 50 lb +-