Yes, that's the Mantus. I've heard the Fortress anchor is the ultimate anchor for sandy conditions, it has the best grip-to-weight-ratio in sand, and is easy to stove away or set using the dhingy. At the flip-side it's expensive, it doesn't work well outside its sand-bottom-niche, one has to be careful with the scope while it's setting (put out too much chain/rope, and it doesn't work as intended), and it's fragile - it's easily getting twisted.
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Alright .. I can find this thing only with shipping from the US ...
and in US is Trump and his stupid taxes ... That means "Good bye Mantus"
284$ shipping - no way. I'll look for an European product. Maybe a CQR...
Been there too, and decided not to buy Mantus due to the excessive shipping costs, but to rather buy a Rocna from my local supplier. The local supplier was sold out of Rocnas of my size. Eventually I found some other local supplier that were reselling Mantus anchors for a reasonable price.
The Mantus is pretty unique that it can be screwed apart and stored or shipped in a flat package, but personally I just needed a bow anchor I could trust, so for me Spade, Rocna and Mantus was pretty much the same - it all came down to the question of getting as much anchor as possible for as low price as possible.
By now I believe there are also some European anchor (perhaps in Slovenia?) manufacturers that are producing Rocna-style anchors, but I can't find back to it. The French Spade is also a magnificent anchor (always scores best in all anchor tests done by French boating magazines), but is also quite expensive.
I wouldn't buy a plow-style-anchor (CQR), unless the purpose of the anchor is to plow the seabed :-)