I am told that you can't "coat" with SS so I have to assume the anchor is SS! It came on my Monk 36 so I assumed that it was not SS as I think that those anchors are very expensive! David David E. Redburn Ph.D. Professor and Chair Department of Sociology Furman University Greenville, SC 29613 (864) 294-3279 e-mail david.redburn@furman.edu