Well, whether it is or isn't a good brand, I picked it up last night. It was too dark to see much, and it's still sitting in the back of my pick up right now. It had been painted over so many times, that I don't see anything on it. I'm thinking about getting some paint remover and trying to clean it up. Should I do that? Maybe then, I'll be able to see some identifying marks. The only thing I didn't like about the anvil, was that someone appears to have drilled a couple of holes into the surface just in front of the face, up towards the horn. I doubt if they were there from the factory, so I'm thinking of cleaning up the threaded holes and plugging them with hardened bolts, cutting them off close, then grinding them down to flush, and calling it good enough. Any thought on the repairs? Thanks, Lew