I just got told on Etsy that when the person saw the anvil in my avatar on the forums, they thought I was doing jewelry and I should come up with something else that would point out it wasn't! I have no idea what silversmiths and such used for their guild symbols but since when is the anvil not associated with blacksmithing and, shudder, horseshoes?!

Apparently, based on what you said, it sounds like people are associating it with other stuff. Perhaps the person who communicated with you was completely unfamiliar with what people use anvils for.

I have run into "people" who have never made anything in their lives. No physical skills what so ever. Cant put up a pot rack on the kitchen wall cant clean out a stopped sink and look down on those of us who do. Definitely cranial rectal inversion.

Now that I have had to stopped doing hot forging I have polished the face and horn of my bad anvil and use it for cold forging silver jewelery I guess that they may be half right and half wrong. However that is not what it was for originally for sure. What a half baked idea! It sure is a lot easier to forge on this big 125# anvil then them little bitty ones they sell for a bunch of dollars that have no rebound and a horn so small you can't make a decent curve on them. I bought a little bitty one at an estate sale for $5 and cleaned the rust off and saved $45 and it does have a lot of uses but heavy forging isn't one of them.:cool: