[TheForge] Inquiry_over_Reddit/r/blacksmith_Re?a_Yellin-like_door_knocker

[Bruce]

Mike,
That was my thought exactly.  Inspired by Yellin, but probably not Yellin's
work.  And the period could easily be as late as the '90's, which is about
the time I got started (as an amateur) in blacksmithing.

Bruce
NJ


On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM Mike Spencer <mspencer at tallships.ca> wrote:

>
> >
> https://www.reddit.com/r/Blacksmith/comments/1jk19xr/comment/mk5hxjr/?context=3
> >
> > Anyone know who forged this piece?
>
> Not refined enough workmanship for Yellin.
>
> And not mine.  But  I did knockers similar in size, style and workmanship
> in the late 70s.  I never made a back-plate like that nor a twist in
> the body.
>
> http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/gallery/dragons.html
>
> Reminds me I should ask my friend of 70 years who lives far away in
> Berkeley and for whom I made a dragon knocker for a wedding
> present in the 70s how his dragon is doing.
>
> --
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