Excellent starter anvil. The little hammer supplied is a tempo hammer. you use it to test the levels of ringing off your anvil to check for voids. It's also carbon steel (numbers on the head say 1040) so you can test the anvil to "hear" any defects. The blue paint has to come off...but that's normal. the edges were still a little too sharp for me.but easily fixed...the horn has a nice ring to it as well..Hardy hole needs a clean up as does Pritchard hole. ..but great value, great service, great piece of kit. can't wait to move steel....its not an ASO (anvil shaped object) ....ITS AN ANVIL...and great bargain...getting a 10kg for portable work next