[TheForge] Koenig Eisen Ltd.

[ries]

My guess is that the forged stuff is coming out of a King owned  
subsidiary in Mexico.
There are several companies in Mexico doing hand forged components for  
the american market.
Some of them even use $50,000 German ornamental iron machines to do  
the twisting, texturing, and making the baskets.
I met a guy at the Flagstaff Abana conference who owned 5 factories in  
Mexico, two of which did metal, and he sold wholesale to companies  
like Crate and Barrel. He had brought his lead metal man with him from  
Mexico, and they were studying like crazy at the abana conference,  
watching demos, taking notes, buying books and tools, and looking to  
move up from mig welded coat hangers to at least some forging.


Ries Niemi
Industrial Artist
http://www.riesniemi.com/