Nice. I thought it was a better than fair, but wasn't sure. Had 'book' knowledge but not experience. I knew it would be useful to me eventually. Understand that some consider this a 'training' anvil, but I am training. Dad wasn't a smith. He was a VP of sales for CBS. Although we had a family farm which I visited quite often in Missouri, a large farm complete with two barns and many outbuildings, I grew up in the suburbs of Denver. It would have been more appropriate to take up blacksmithing there then when I did in my town home in DC. The important thing is that I'm doing it now, whatever way I need to. Thanks for your response