That would be great Jim! With a trip hammer, they would be pretty easy to make, but by hand, there is a lot of time involved, especially if you make a nice eye. I've got to make some for a scribed barn that I'm repairing, and I will probably make them simple, either a 90 or 180 bend.

Actually, the most time consuming part is the development of the pin. You have to measure what you start with, and what you end up with so you can make them consistently. Once you have a system, they take about 20 minutes each for a simple eye or 180 bend. With a trip hammer, you could probably draw the taper in one heat. This is for 3/4" stock. I'd like some that were from 1". That's a lot of pounding, and you'd probably want a helper with a 6 pound hammer helping out.

Here are a few different pins I've made:

From today: a simple eye and a 180 bend.



These two pins I traded to Jim for a nice old hand forged chisel. They have a drawn eye, a bit nicer than a simple eye.