Since 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.
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
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
Pillar Point Forge WorxPillar Point Forge Worx turns iron into handcrafted blacksmith work, from ornamental hardware to traditional tools, with each piece forged by hand in a form that can be customized. Based in Dexter, New York, the forge also takes on one-off metalwork and related projects, bringing a personal, made-to-order approach to pieces intended to last for generations.DEXTER, NY
Fortin IronworksFamily-owned and operated since 1946, Fortin Ironworks manufactures handmade architectural and ornamental ironwork in its Columbus shop. The company handles projects from design through fabrication, combining hand-welded and hand-ground work with precision laser and press-brake manufacturing, and offers installation in the Columbus area. Its Grandview location also houses The Market, a changing retail collection of home goods, local artwork and Fortin-made pieces.COLUMBUS, OH