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Anvils last a long time even in the shittiest conditions. They're blocks of iron or steel and it's hard for rust to really penetrate deep
Also I'd already attacked it with a flap disk to get most of the surface rust off, it was pretty fuzzy when I started.
Is it branded on the other side?