This item was purchased for a beginner backyard blacksmith when the cast iron anvil we had broke after a couple years of use. We had seen a youtube video "reviewing" it that didn't mention many downsides for a budget beginner anvil. One of the main reasons we chose this product was because of the hardie hole advertised at 1.1" square. It arrived and is in fact 1 and 3/8" square. This makes it useless for hoping to try to use a hardie tool that would be designed to fit in a 1" square hole. When I reached out to the company, hoping for a possibility of exchange, I was offered a partial refund of my purchase price. Due to the lack of a storefront and the cost of any effort at return shipping, I understand this was the only option given. However, I was frustrated that they seemed to state the website description was supposed to be updated with the correct hardie hole size and they were working on it, but hadn't done it yet. It doesn't take much to update a website description, and I feel it is misleading future customers. The anvil has a nice ring, but lacking other features and with the useless hardie hole, I wouldn't recommend it unless you literally only need a flat hard surface. We'll be looking elsewhere for another anvil.