I have no experience personally, but I have looked into it with some interest in possibly forging in the future. What I have found is the words "Cheap" and "Good Anvil" do not go together. And apparently cast iron is not really good for forging knives.
I just kind of put the word out to some locals to "keep your eye out for an anvil". Somewhere around in a basement, garage or barn there is an unused anvil someone will sell for cheap.
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