With more than 56 years in business, Duke of Iron is a long-established Smithtown maker serving Long Island homeowners and businesses. Its 5,600-square-foot showroom and factory lets customers see thousands of design and finish options before the company builds and installs custom railings or other ironwork. Duke of Iron says it has served more than 50,000 customers.
Forest Iron Works IncForest Iron Works Inc. is a family-owned decorative ironwork manufacturer and custom metal fabrication workshop founded in 1967 in Locust Valley, New York. It fabricates railings, gates, table bases, estate signs and plaques, fireplace products, and other custom metalwork, and provides repair, restoration, refinishing, polishing, and installation services for homes, businesses, municipalities, schools, hospitals, and public institutions.LOCUST VALLEY, NY
Schultz Ornamental IronSince Emil Otto Schultz Sr. started the shop in Butler County in the early 1940s, Schultz Ornamental Iron has carried Lithuanian blacksmithing and forging traditions through four generations. From its Valencia-area shop, the family creates custom wrought-iron work for homes and properties across the Pittsburgh region, with each project shaped by hand rather than taken from a standard design.VALENCIA, PA
G. Krug & Son Ironworks, IncBaltimore’s G. Krug & Son Ironworks has hand-forged custom metalwork and restored historic ironwork since 1810, making it the oldest continually operating blacksmith’s shop in the United States. Its work appears in landmarks including Johns Hopkins, Greenmount Cemetery, and the Museum of Modern Art, while its on-site accredited museum preserves the company’s two-century history and the role its craftsmen played in Baltimore’s built landscape. The Krug family continues to lead the business, which still hand-paints its finished work and maintains a collection of historic components tied to the Baltimore-Washington region.BALTIMORE, MD
Rock Ridge Forge LLCFounded in 1987 by Master Blacksmith Clayton H. Miller, Rock Ridge Forge LLC is a family-owned Jarrettsville shop that designs and fabricates custom architectural and ornamental ironwork. The Miller family works with clients from drawings, photographs, or samples, creating pieces for residential and commercial settings and restoring older metalwork in a drive-in sandblasting bay. Son Logan joined the business as an apprentice after college, carrying the family’s blacksmithing tradition into its next generation.JARRETTSVILLE, MD