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Photos provided by Perun, Poland

This a a very clean two horn anvil with very nice geometric design. This anvil was designed by and the foundry pattern made by Andrzej Słowik a Polish blacksmith.

The base of this anvil starts as a circle and has two radii cut out of it to make a clean geometric shape with classic early style feet. The rest of the design is fairly standard but has the very nicely hand carved Perun logo. The hardy hole is up front as is a European standard and is much more solid than out on the heel as on English and American style anvils.

Art of the Anvil These anvils are beautifully designed and the patterns made by an artist. For many years I have complained about the poor quality of most new anvil patterns. In casting there is no excuse for broken lines, corner seams in the waist, lack of chamfers. All these details only take minutes to create or repair in a wood or plastic pattern. On forged anvils these things were done OVER AND OVER in heavy hard to move hot steel. In a wood pattern it is dead easy. It is done with rasps and sandpaper (or motorized sanders). Besides the wood being easy to cut the modern pattern maker has plastic fillers that can be used to blend transitions together, make repairs or fix mistakes. My biggest complaint is not only are many patterns poorly made but there is no ART in them. Where steel is hard to directly produce sculpture in, wood is comparatively very easy. Castings with artistic details cost no more to make than those without. We have far too many anvil patterns designed or made by people who do not understand anvil design from either an engineering OR artistic sense. This is especially true in reproduction patterns where the maker loses the feel of the original design or misplaces features they do not understand. Congratulations to Perun and Andrzej Słowik for producing such fine works of art. For more about anvil art and design see Anvil Making

This anvil is also made in a single horn (square heel) anvil shown above with a short step and the usual English hardy and pritchel hole.

PERUN TWO HORN TYPE A ANVILS
Weight	Length	Height	Face	Hardy	Ø1	Ø2
30 kg (66 lb)	475	190	85	22	22	16
50 kg (110 lb)	600	230	115	22	22	16
75 kg (165 lb)	690	265	120	25	25	16
100 kg (220 lb)	725	285	130	25	25	16
Dimensions in millimeters.

For more details see anvilsperun.com/two_horn_anvils.html

Perun Limited Production Anvil
A current production anvil from Perun, designed by Rolf Saladin of Switzerland.



Perun Anvil Foundry Pattern
Split pattern with loose piece core. A current production pattern