Featured Forge Welded Butterfly Hinge

Yep, that's for sure! Phyfe had a bad case of "carpenter's conceit", which is why unless you have a piece descended in his family or a bill of sale, it's gonna be "attributed to" in Phyfe's case.

 

arggggh? Of course these days, all brown wood is "argggh" if you paid up for it in the 80s.

 

Well, i wouldn't say ALL but, much of it yes, the top 10% still sells for some big numbers, the middle market? argggggh is about right. Great for collectors, not so grand if you are a seller.
In my world, construction details are IT, it's ALL we have to go on and it's absolutely vital to authenticate old furniture. Take that walnut tea table i recently acquired, 20 years ago i wouldn't have given it the time of day, why? because that drawer construction was oak and back then, oak secondary wood meant one thing, english origin.

 

THAT WAS A NIFTY VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

LOL, yeah was pretty neat. He makes it look soooooooooooooo easy and for him, it is but the reality is, it ain't so easy at all. Glad you enjoyed it, his presentation is spot on & is geared toward people who know little about smithing.