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Just read that a medieval anvil could weigh over 500 pounds
I was flipping through a library book on old tools from the 1400s and saw that number. Can't imagine moving that without a crane, let alone working on it all day. How did they even get something that heavy set up right in the first place?
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gibson.oliver5mo ago
Wow, I always pictured them just dropping an anvil on a stump and calling it good. But the book I read said they'd dig a pit, lower it with ropes and levers, then pack the base with stones and clay for a totally solid setup. Makes sense when you think about how much hammer force it had to take.
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abbyr966mo ago
Remember helping my uncle move an old cast iron stove that probably weighed half that. We used a bunch of pipes as rollers and just kept levering it forward bit by bit. Took all day but you can move anything if you're stubborn enough. I bet they used logs and ropes in a similar way back then, maybe built a ramp out of dirt to tip it onto its stand.
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elliot_lee6mo ago
I heard they'd sometimes bury the base in the ground for stability, which is wild lol.
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