#strap hinge

[threeriversforge]

Of all the doors I’ve seen in my day, this has got to take the cake!  The number of forge-welds required to join all the pieces and get a continuous sheet from one hinge to the next... ugh!  Then to mirror that for the other door... double ugh! The symmetry is genuinely amazing!

Just uploaded another hoodie, too.  I’ve been thoroughly impressed with the quality of shirts I’ve bought through this outlet and now have a full wardrobe of them.  The larger sizes fit larger men better than I can find in the big box stores!

www.storefrontier.com/store/three-rivers-forge

And, yes, you can rest assured that I’ll be buying more shirts for myself over the next month or three.  It’s just too easy and too economical to not. :D

[threeriversforge]

Crisp and clean!  Forging everything out, getting all the lines nice and smooth, and hitting the little window just right so it’s centered on the board..... 

I can spend hours studying all the little details in a masterful piece like this.  Another shining example of art in the everyday items that once decorated our homes and streetscapes.

[threeriversforge]

This is a gorgeous hinge strap.... and that window grille ain’t too shabby, neither!

The hinge appears to have been cut from a large sheet, not edge welded like some want to believe.  That much forge welding on the edge would have been nightmare to accomplish so cleanly, and rather costly.  

You can tell that the hinge was made with the door in hand, rather than by some  blacksmith far off.  Even with detailed blueprints, it would be impossible for someone to line up the bolt holes so perfectly, landing them dead on the center of each board in the door.  I’ve seen a lot of people try, but there are always variables you can’t control for, and they always end up out of alignment.

Whoever did this work was a real pro.  Classy and elegant, but solid, too.

www.storefrontier.com/store/three-rivers-forge

[hagalaz-sims]

Inspiration for a large coastal gray three-story concrete fiberboard exterior home remodel with a mixed material roof

Claudia Korpanoff

[love-is-vengeful]

Front Yard - Brick Pavers A picture of a medium-sized, traditionally styled front garden path in the summer.

[wanderers-of-sornieth]

Front Yard - Brick Pavers

A picture of a medium-sized, traditionally styled front garden path in the summer.

[charlesreeza]

Sacristy door, Peterborough Cathedral

[threeriversforge]

Another example of the pierced strap hinge.  That brilliant red really shines through!

Not much more you can say, is there?  Excellent work from the blacksmith and the woodwright.  This is the legacy passed down to us, and it’s our job to live up to it.

This is the part where I ask you to buy a shirt to help support the shop.... but I’m not going to.  Merry Christmas!  :D