HAND FORGED MEDIEVAL HANGING "S" HOOKS S-hooks were an important tool in the middle ages, and remain so today, as they are versatile and can be used to hang many items. One end of the S- hook can hook over a board, wire or chain and the free end of the S-hook can hold something else. S-hooks found great use in barns, stables, and tool sheds, but they found ingenious use in the home as well. Particularly, women in medieval times used different sizes of S-hooks to hold their cooking pots above the fire. For the same means we use burner dials today, short s-hooks were used for simmering, as they held pots higher above the fire, and long s-hooks for boiling as the pot was held closer to the flames. Our authentic S-hooks are hand forged in one piece of blackened steel as they had been for centuries. The shorter hook (PA7872) measures 3 1/4 inches in overall length and the longer hook (PA7871) measures 4 3/4 inches overall.
• Hand Forged • Historically Accurate
• Material: Blackened Steel • Short Hook 3 1/4" overall • Long Hook 4 3/4" overall
"Of course you can buy polished machine made S-hooks at any hardware store, but really, in the end, just how Medieval would you feel? :)"
BLACKSMITH The term "blacksmith" comes from the activity of "forging" iron or the "black" metal, namely iron as opposed to the "white" metals such as tin, silver or gold; "black metal" so named due to the color of the metal after being heated. The term "forging" means to shape metal by heating and hammering. "Smith" is from the Proto-German "smithaz" meaning "skilled worker" or "craftsman." Not only did Blacksmiths create armour and weapons, but they were also responsible for producing objects such as gates, grilles, railings, nails, candle lamps and fixtures, cooking and eating utensils, tools, furniture, agricultural equipment, jewelry, and decorative and religious items. In Medieval times, a "village smithy" was a staple of every town.
THE CLIP: A creative and brilliant use of S-hooks. Well done Sean!
