For a little anvil it does what you would expect a chunk of steel to do. My only complaint is that there is no hardy hole. I purchased this along with the forge as something to just get me started and it has helped me tremendously in making the other tools I need to use the forge. So as a starter anvil it's a good start and will handle anything you hammer on it easily, just make sure to secure it down to something like a large stump because it is small and it doesn't take much to get it bouncing around, but once secured down, it's rock solid and I love it.