This link will take you to the Ironwork and Sculpture section of our website. This area is devoted to the many different types of metalwork we have created over the years, including Gates, Railings, Furniture, and Lighting. This is also where you will find our Components section, which is of particular interest to other metalworkers, carpenters and do-it-yourself homeowners. If you are interested in seeing some of the sketches, random grilles, finials, and detail pieces that are by-products of the creative development process then visit our Bits and Pieces Gallery. It may provide more insight into our thinking than you ever wanted.

The Weaponry and Armor  section of the website is exactly what it sounds like. This is the area where the interests of a barbarian searching for a new axe and the sushi chef seeking a better knife overlap... and we all hope they come away with the appropriate tool for the job! If you know exactly what you are looking for, you can follow these links to your area of interest: Knives, Axes and Polearms, European Swords, Eastern Swords, Historical Reproductions, Armor, and Action Shots. If you are interested in browsing around, then proceed to the Weaponry and Armor Index.

The three smiths of FHP have between them over 40 years of experience in metalworking, and every day we are learning new techniques and building new tools to expand our capabilities. We can forge and fabricate almost any metal -including iron, steel, stainless steel, copper, brass, bronze, nickel, silver, etc- into essentially any form that you can imagine. We work in sheet, hollow forms, and solid bar, and using these basic materials we can create just about anything. Our feeling is that metalwork is both a craft and an art, and we pay equal attention to the aesthetic and technical aspects of each design. Making a beautiful railing is worthless unless the proper fabrication techniques have been used in construction. Similarly, an attractive knife made from poor materials can only be used to defend against an invasion of warm cheese... and I don't think NATO has contingency plans for that one. Browse through our galleries to see examples of past work, sketches of possible future work, and a bit of whimsy to add flavor. The focus of this website is on the wide variety of metal goods produced at the FHP shop over the past few years. To see more examples of metalwork that we produced in conjunction with other shops, please visit our partner company at Mohegan Ornamental Iron, LLC . For additional pictures and information regarding wootz and damascus steel please visit Dragon's Breath Forge . We have divided our galleries in two different ways, so it is up to you to decide how you would like to browse. The first way is by type of item; the picture links below will take you to the different categories of either Ironwork and Sculpture orWeapons and Armor .

 

The second method of browsing is by individual artist. Each of the three smiths has created a gallery of items that he feels represents his style and area of expertise. These galleries should help you in deciding which one of us is best suited to take on your project. Having said this, I should note that much of what we produce is collaborative to some degree or another, so choosing one smith does not mean that you are losing access to the full range of skills in our shop.