Regardless, Edwards seems to have forged a following, of sorts.
With about 40 anvils at his Falling Anvil Studios in Troy, New York, artist Michael Oatman finds the breadth of Helms' collection staggering.
"For me, it was natural to collect these things," he said of his trophies, ranging from an anvil tie tack weighing a 100 grams to a full-fledged 6.8kg anvil. Each has a name, including Shemp and Hercules.
Oatman speaks of them in romantic terms: "They're in the pantheon of shapes that I think are really ominous and cool."
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