Ancient Horseshoe to Iron spoon

Ancient Horseshoe to Iron spoon

by | Apr 8, 2014 | Ironwork

Darren Ainsworth • April 8, 2014Whilst metal detecting one tends to find lots of iron, mainly in the form of horse and ox shoes,and also lots of broken shoes, like the example above, this style of shoe can be dated to the fourteenth century and is called a dove shoe (...
Locks and Keys

Locks and Keys

by | Mar 28, 2014 | Metal

Darren Ainsworth • March 28, 2014 Over the past few years ive been studying a new facet of the blacksmiths craft which is locksmithing , the majority of the work is performed at vise and bench using filing, sawing and chiseling . The keys and lock parts are hot forged...
Door Ironmongery

Door Ironmongery

by | Feb 27, 2014 | Uncategorized

Darren Ainsworth • February 27, 2014 Pictured above is more completed door ironmongery for the new showroom at Peak Oak, at the top is a ring twist handle , this can be used with a mortice lock instead of the usual lever handle, second down is a pair of leaf ended T...
T, Hinges

T, Hinges

by | Feb 5, 2014 | Hinges

Darren Ainsworth • February 5, 2014 Here are two pairs of T hinges made recently for the new showroom at peak oak, the top ones terminate with dogs heads looking down and up at you , the second pair terminate with fleur de leys decoration. The brief was to make four...