Hand-forged Iron

Apr 12

These are hand-forged ring pulls I made for a pair of distressed doors I am making. The doors will have a dark glaze finish applied to them.

I forge the ring pulls by taking a 3/4" diameter iron rod and heating it in my forge until it is red hot. I then hand hammer, on an anvil, a taper about 6" long on each end and taper that to 3/8" diameter. I heat the rod again and hammer the tapered iron into a circle.

The ring pulls and clavos will be installed in the center of each of the three concentric diamonds on both sides of both doors.