Chris Topp & Company whilst a commercial operation endeavours to provide both education and technical advice on historic ironwork in order to endeavour to raise awareness and raise the standard of restoration and thereby preserve an important part of our heritage To this end various advice and information is available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format which is free for use by conservation officers, blacksmiths, educational bodies, architects and members of the public.

You are welcome to use this material as you see fit, whether or not you use our services, although if you publish any of the material, we would be grateful if you let us know and give us the credit. Some of the information is duplicated in some of the documents, so just keep what you need and delete the rest.

NOTE: We have attempted in these PDF files to provide the best available knowledge on wrought ironwork and restoration. Be patient with the large documents they do all work, just take a break for a minute whilst the download completes.

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