[TheForge] finials

[Ries Niemi]

On Wednesday, June 29, 2005, at 07:36 AM, Kenny O. wrote:

> I have a customer that wants large gothic finials. He does not want to 
> pay to have them forged.
> So I am trying to find some ornamental castings, King has none of this 
> type nor does arch iron design, They all seem to be
> somewhat conservative.
> has any one come across any frankenstien-esk finials?
> If you've ever been to Bangor Main and happen to see the ironwork at 
> Mr. Kings house, that would be the genre.
>
> thank you for your feed-back
> Kenny o
>
>

For really big ones, you might check out the stamped sheet metal ones 
from the W.F. Norman Company.

http://www.wfnorman.com/

Most places, like King, buy from the manufacturers- two of the big 
domestic ones are  Lawler foundry, or RB Wagner.

http://www.lawlerfoundry.com/

http://www.rbwagner.com/pages/Rbwagner.html

http://www.jansensupply.com/

http://www.classicirononline.com/
But big castings are not gonna be cheap- castings cost by the pound, 
and iron is heavy.

ries