The From the Anvil journey began in 1996 when ex metal-work teacher and joiner Mark Underhill bought a small business called MF Supplies. Mark and his wife Bernadette started to sell ironmongery and fixings to joiners and builders from their family home in a small village in Mid Wales. In 1998, not content with the current product choice Mark designed his own range of traditional handmade ironmongery. These unique products were forged by hand from steel on an Anvil giving them unrivalled strength and a wealth of character.