Hi folks,

I'm new here, so I figured I'd share some of my recent work. I banged out this door knocker yesterday and thought you might like to see it. It's 11" tall and 3" wide.

Thanks for a great site.

Brook

It's beautiful. The drywall screws just take a little away. (very little)

very nice work, thanks for sharing ch ch Cheers

That's a nice looking knocker.

You "just banged this out"?? Its great

I agree about the screws, it would be worth "knocking up" a couple of traditional screws in the same style as the rest of the piece.

Great job. You can see a lot of hard work went into them, no easy to see what stock you started out with. :)

Really nice work Brook! Well designed and executed.

Will you be attending the NWBA's conference in Chehalis Wa the weekend of the 24th?

Thanks for all the kudos. I will probably make some traditional nails tomorrow.

You can't see it but it has deep fullered radius about 1/2" from the striking point.

I haven't decided yet on the conference. I'm going to the UW full time and I haven't been able to drum up the fees for a NWBA membership since the dues went up. I'd really like to go to network if for nothing else. I live on the GI bill and I get a few knife and blacksmithing orders here and there, so events like the conference are on hold until I'm done with school in a few months.

Brook,

Understood, I wish I was able to make it as well as I have could sponsored you as a guest (reduces the admittance for the guest to 35.00) but my schedule is too full to attend.

You're doing beautiful work - keep us posted on how it goes!

Enjoy!

If there's one thing I appreciate, it's well formed knockers. I'm sure if you show up, we can find someone to sponsor you as a guest. Or look me up at the conference and i'll make you my guest. PM me if you like.

That is a lovely door knocker....I can tell that a lot of careful planning (and hammering) went into it :-)

A guy with a coal forge and a loud anvil in a metropolitan neighborhood can use ideas like this to keep his neighbors happy :-)

Good thing I live in the sticks!

If there's one thing I appreciate, it's well formed knockers. I'm sure if you show up, we can find someone to sponsor you as a guest. Or look me up at the conference and i'll make you my guest. PM me if you like.

Thank you very much! That is a kind offer. PM inbound.

- Brook

Really nice Wapiti, I see a ton of craftsmanship and expertise in what you call "banged out". If I bang something out I generally don't show it online lol to many mistakes.

I really like the naturalistic flow.

That is some very nice work!

Excellent piece. Thanks for sharing.

Here's a link for "pyrimid" screws that work well with forges projects that get mounted to walls / doors.

Pyramid-Head Screws - Lee Valley Tools

beautiful work

nice work. I look forward to seeing more of your work in the future here.

looking really nice, I agree with others that maybe the screws should be changed.
Could you tell us how did you paint? Thanks Giancarlo from Italy.

Great work! Thank you for sharing with us.

Fine lookig piece Brook, It's always a joy to see a work of art crafted from iron, and the compliments make it worth the effort. Keep it up!

Awesome..Thanks for sharing with us..

Thanks for all the complements folks. What a warm welcome. I hope to share some of my future projects with you.

Take care,
Brook