Dead Head Forge Ornamental Ironwork

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Hand Forged, Hand Filed, Handmade.

• Full-time business specializing in custom ironwork, sculptures, and historical restorations of original pieces.

• Contact me today for any gates, railing, or other exterior ironwork that you may want!

06/05/2026

I’m all set up and ready to start demonstrating here in Fort Dodge makes sure to swing by the blacksmith shop and see me!

06/02/2026

Well it was one hell of a great time this last weekend at the event in Craig. We’ll definitely be going back next year, we met some great people and saw some pretty cool things. Overall it was definitely one of the best events we’ve ever attended. I highly recommend if you like seeing what’s in the video it’s even better in person with more of it, Zach puts on a great event! To top it off on the way back we got to see the Loess Hills.

This upcoming weekend we’ll be in Fort Dodge for their Frontier Days event where I’ll be demonstrating out of their blacksmith shop. Where they’ll have re-enactments and quite a few old buildings to explore and tons of history so make sure to come by!

05/30/2026

We’re all set back up in Craig I’ll be lighting the forge here in about 20 minutes makes sure to stop by and see us!

New things are coming to Dead Head Forge… Over the last few months I’ve been trying to find new ways of making more mone...
05/25/2026

New things are coming to Dead Head Forge…

Over the last few months I’ve been trying to find new ways of making more money at every angle, and I think I finally found something new to give a shot. If I truly decide to give it a go I’ll be announcing the new service around mid July hopefully. Though the new service doesn’t involve any blacksmithing I’m hoping if it works out I’ll be able to combine the two on some jobs. I do want to say I’m not giving up on ironwork, but it will be something I will be offering quite a bit when my normal work is slow.

Even though I’m still in the works of getting it all figured out, and I still have a lot of figuring to do. I will give a hint and say it’s another style of building that I’m extremely passionate about. If I do decide to make a go at it the service will be added to my website for now. Along with a whole other page on social media to keep both businesses separate along with another LLC. Though I’ll still mainly be focused on the ironwork side, this will be considered the side hustle for atleast the first year until I see how things work out. Stay tuned for more updates!

05/21/2026

It was a long, but a really good day getting the new firepot in the forge and getting this 25lb little giant power hammer stood up. The last couple of years that I’ve been up here in Fort Dodge doing demonstrations for them for their Frontier Days event. I’ve been wanting to take the time to get this hammer stood up and I finally have had the time. Which I couldn’t be happier to see this little hammer in action. I still have so adjustments to do, but atleast it’s finally able to run.

Well it’s been an interesting day of tearing the hammer apart with more to come. I ran the hammer for about a half hour ...
05/20/2026

Well it’s been an interesting day of tearing the hammer apart with more to come. I ran the hammer for about a half hour yesterday trying to get some things made up for my event next weekend, and heard what sounded like a bearing giving out, well after spending most of the day just removing the pulley and the rest of the parts we’re fairly certain that one of the inner bearings is completely shot. So hopefully Thursday we’ll be able to get the gears removed and able to gain access to the bearing in question.

Well I still have these 3 available and they’re live on my website for anyone interested in these. Also if you’re intere...
05/17/2026

Well I still have these 3 available and they’re live on my website for anyone interested in these. Also if you’re interested in learning to forge your own I’m running a sale through Friday on quite a few of my classes so make sure to check it out!

https://www.deadheadforgeornamentalironwork.com/store

05/15/2026

I’m all set up at T.F Clark park north of Traer I’ll be here demonstrating and selling until sometime tomorrow afternoon make sure to swing by and see me and even purchase something!

As a reminder I will be doing a blacksmithing demonstration at this event this weekend. Make sure if you’re in the area ...
05/15/2026

As a reminder I will be doing a blacksmithing demonstration at this event this weekend. Make sure if you’re in the area to swing by and see me! 🔥🔥🔥

I don’t do a lot of these anymore, but I wanted to get some made up for my event this weekend. I still have yet to sharp...
05/12/2026

I don’t do a lot of these anymore, but I wanted to get some made up for my event this weekend. I still have yet to sharpen and make sheaths to match them, but those will be done by Thursday hopefully.

Address

2850 303rd Street
Menlo, IA
50164

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 6pm
Tuesday 8am - 6pm
Wednesday 8am - 6pm
Thursday 8am - 6pm
Friday 8am - 6pm

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+15152499210

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