Individuals may also file under Chapter 7 or Chapter 11. For additional tax information on bankruptcy, refer to Publication 908, Bankruptcy Tax Guide and Publication 5082, What You Should Know about Chapter 13 Bankruptcy and Delinquent Returns (PDF).
In most cases the anvil is used as a forging tool. Before the advent of modern welding technology, it was a primary tool of metal workers. The great majority of modern anvils are made of cast or forged steel (the latter is stronger) that has been heat treated.
Anvils were mainly used in the medieval times and what they were used for is when a blacksmith was making a sword he would heat up the sword and shape it with a metal mallet. The funny shaped things are not anvils but rather cleats. You tie the boat to the cleat for obvious reasons and the cleats are mainly made of iron.