7" drawn brass butts

[Scabbydug]

Not strictly DIY but I have a customer trying to restore a very old door to its original state, I'm in the process of making keys for the solid brass mortice lock, however she requires 7" drawn brass butt hinges. All our suppliers have come up blank, do the wise ones on this group have any suggestions or links as to where I/she might fing such hinges. Thanks

[Martin Bonner]

Well, there's always the DIY option - get several lumps of brass and file to shape :-)

(My father once made a model whale gun like this. It looks like it ought to be easy, but the section is rather like a figure 8 - so there was a LOT of brass to file away.)

[Cerberus .]

[Bruce]

don't expect that you will find 7" drawn brass butts ex-stock, so they may have to be specially made.

Also try your local office of English Heritage, who have access to a lot of specialist knowledge and (in my experience) are usually keen to help point you in the right direction.

[cerberus]

seems that 100mm is the largest manufactured nowadays, so the only suggestions I can make is either to braze a pair together, try a salvage yard or even more expensive have them 'tailor-made'.

Don.

[Pete C]

cheers, Pete.

[PCPaul]

If the latter is a possibility, you could try - haven't used them, just googled them.

Any blacksmiths round by you?

[Andy Dingley]

Drawn? that size they'll likely be cast.

Anyway, try Relics in Witney. Otherwise the ironmongers in Ross-on-Wye

[Scabbydug]

Thanks for all your replies, there's a couple of good suggestions there. It might be easier to get our customer to contact them direct with her requirements.