Meister - Helmut Brummer
Kunst- und Werkzeugschmied
It seems as if time has stood still in Helmut's workshop near Munich.
An old Bêché air hammer strikes the glowing forged part like clockwork. With precision and a good eye, Helmut Brummer works on new tools that make working in the forge easier.
He produces various tools in small batches on his machines and by hand, making them a pleasure to use later.
But not only tools, but also various artistic ironworks are created in Helmut Brummer's forge.
Nail Forging
A Short Guide
In this video, Helmut Brummer demonstrates how to forge a nail with a nail iron.
The video is a bit dated but still relevant.
Nail forging or nail smithing used to be a craft that specialized in nail making. Due to machine and automated production, this profession was gradually replaced, and hand-forged nails have now become rare.
Each nail is unique, and despite free-form forging and eye-to-eye measurement, an experienced blacksmith can achieve good dimensional accuracy.
The customer can determine the nail shape themselves.
We have our nails manufactured in small factories, and if it says "hand-forged," our nails are hand-forged!
