Our products are made to last a life time. One of our clients who has an old barn has a huge 5 metre window opening. In their case one of the middle brackets needed to be a lot longer than the standard bracket. We at Made by the Forge were able to make this...
We have been busy here at Made by the Forge making a video to help all our clients measure up for their curtain poles. Click on the link above to check it out.
Most of our ironwork is finished in the traditional way. While the metal is still hot we seal it with a natural beeswax. This gives the iron a beautiful finish. We sourced this particular beeswax from near Needham Market about 4 miles from home. The bee keeper has over 15 hives and this must...
We are proud to announce our new identity, Made by the Forge (you previously knew us as Kitchen Irons). As a valued subscriber to our blog we are happy to offer you 10% off* all our products; including our latest addition, beautifully hand forged handles. Each one is totally unique so you can achieve...
Last week a good friend asked me to make them something to hang their hand towel off in their small downstairs cloakroom. This is what I came up with.
If you have found your way to our website and are thinking about ordering a product then perhaps you might like to know a little more about what goes on here at Kitchen Irons.
My name is Richard Fishenden and I am a qualified Farrier and skilled Blacksmith. We have been in business for over 12 years. We still shoe horses on a daily basis as part of our business and still use the traditional methods for forging pieces of iron work.
In order to heat up the iron to a forging heat we generally use a gas forge now rather than a coal/coke forge simply because it is quicker and a more consistant heat. We still hand forge all of our products with a large hammer, tongs and a huge anvil. This is fairly unique because most other companies selling ironwork today will buy their stock from China or Europe. Look closely at the images of our ironwork and then compare them to the rest available and you will see that ours are really ‘handmade’.
As we hand forge all of our products to order we can offer you a very personal service. We can make bespoke sizes that are not available off the peg. Please email or phone me if you have something in mind.