I will try to present you what kind of work we do inside our shop.Forging in 2 people.Making a spike from a 12mm thick bar.This is what i mean when i refer to the hand forged iron inside our shop .

Forging alone splitting out the end of a flat bar

This is the process of forging and forming a scroll in the way that it was meant to be done. The iron is heated in the forge and then hammered into the desired shape. We have to heat the iron in order for it not to spring back while forming. You can now see what makes hand forged elements so special, and why they have a greater value than a machined one. It is very easy to recognize a machine work and a hand made item… no matter how good the blacksmith is, he can’t make 2 items to be exactly the same. There are always tiny variations because no hammer can fall exactly on the same spot every time, while a machine is just doing them, no sweat, no pain, no character and also no real value. Let’s say you look at a beautiful old gate made many years ago…What will you see ? You will see rivets instead of welds. You will see forged spikes instead of cheap cast ones. You will see character, and if you look close enough, you can probably still see some hammer marks left by the blacksmith that worked so hard making it. This is what gives value to a forged gate and not to some prefabricated elements welded toghether. I give you as an example this picture.. all you have to do is look at it and you will be able to see what I am talking about.

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This is the proces of making such a scroll