I tap my anvil intermittently while hammering just to kepp the rhythm going if I shift the work, etc. Not one of the options in the poll, but I tap the anvil on purpose when leaving the shop, er... "forge area" since I am one of those uncouth neanderthals with no "shop", I forge out in the open on the concrete in front of the barn. Dan 
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