To craft an Iron Anvil, you need "Tongs" (not "kitchen tongs" but "tongs"). We can't find them anywhere, despite searching over 2 dozen industrial buildings (all kinds of diners, fast food places, hotels, saloons and industrial storage facilities) and several blocks of Muldraugh's residences. We have never found them at all.

You can also MAKE tongs with the "Make Iron Tongs" recipe, but it requires you to already have tongs -- creating a catch-22!

Many iron tier items have the option to create them using wooden tongs, but the iron anvil does not.

It would seem like the mod is designed to force you to obtain tongs out in the field rather than crafting them, but we've been to tons of places and can't find them. And loot quantities are increased on our server compared to default survivor mode.

So because we can't get (iron) tongs, we are stuck on the iron tech tree and can't get a blast furnace or any iron or better anvil. Any ideas?