New Straps and Pintles

Its been a long winter and quite some time since my last entry.
Hope all is well.
We display our ironwork at different events throughout the year and needed some kind of wall-type display to show off our work.
Years ago, we purchased some rough cut pine boards from a local sawmill and used them for siding on the forge. We had a bunch leftover and decided to make the display from them.
Due to size and weight, the panels needed to come apart for transport. I figured why not make a pair of strap hinges with strap pintles to be an example of what we can make and also will allow the display to come apart easily.
Here are some examples of what I came up with.
The straps are 1.5" wide by approx 34" long.
I used a coal fire to forge-weld the eyes and pintles.
Some of the other forming operations were done in a gas forge.
The pintle straps are not quite identical and they were left that way on purpose.

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This is how our new display looked while at the Leesport Farmers Market Easter Craft Show last weekend. We received many compliments on it and our work.

The panels are eight feet high and 58" wide.

Two tables are also used to show items that can't be hung on the walls. We will be adding a third panel later on with another style of hinge to attach it.