Anvil

Anvils were solid blocks of steel on which metalworkers were able to create various tools and weapons such as hammers, pickaxes, axes, sickles, swords, shields, and armor. Anvils first appeared among Humans on Coruscant thousands of years before they accessed interstellar travel. As the Galactic Republic formed, anvils spread with Human colonists and became commonplace in workshops on dozens of planets, even becoming a symbol for many of these colonies. With the spread of machines and automatons that could manufacture various items on a large scale in circa 15000 BBY (though machines of this nature had been used on Coruscant and Alsakan for millennia by that point), anvils were phased out almost instantly, though remained common on worlds whose Human inhabitants did not have access to higher technology either due to poverty, war, or isolation. While the Mandalorians also extensively adopted the use of machinery in their industries, anvils remained a common sight in the homes of Mandalorian warriors, who crafted swords known as beskads as both an effective weapon in combat and a symbol of their status as a distinguished warrior. Apart from Human societies, some other species used anvils or similar crafting tables; these species included Duros, Rodians, Trandoshans, Wookiees, Kel Dor, Gamorreans, Echani, and Taung.