We had 12,13,12ql bars of iron used (Average, none were lower than 12) to create an anvil. I have 15 smithing and about 30 strength; it should not be capped by that.
I used more 12,13,12 ql bars of iron in order to make a new Smithy hammer, and the smithy hammer ended up 11,12,11ql.
Is the anvil of lower ql? What affects the ql when building it? There should not be a reason for the ql lowering here.