Nickle, Silver and Chrome Door Knocker Information

Door knockers have become ornamental additions to home entryways that go well beyond basic functionality. The old cast iron knockers have been augmented by a vast array of designs manufactured from a number of different metals and alloys. The noted door fixture designer Michael Healy has developed a technique of designing door knockers that use two types of metal in order to obtain contrasting colors and textures. One of these alloys is bronze (which has copper as its principal ingredient) mixed with nickel to create an alloy that provides a silvery cast to the bronze base. This is called nickle silver and is used to create nickle silver and chrome door knockers by combining the two metals.

In many cases the chrome offsets the nickle silver alloy in designs where you might expect a change in color or appearance. For instance, there is a pineapple nickle silver and chrome door knocker available that has leaves wrapping up around the base of the cross-hatched, oval pineapple and pointed leaves arcing out of the top of the pineapple. The leaves are done in chrome, while the pineapple has a darker, more subtle coloring. The result is a whimsical nickle silver and chrome door knocker resembling a tropical pineapple, cast and finished in excellent detail with two metallic finishes to add dimension.

• There is a beautiful Victorian urn nickle silver and chrome door knocker that has an urn shaped base cast from nickle silver and a chrome band around its widest point.

• Another nickle silver and chrome door knocker creation is a golf putter head and ball with a short chrome shaft.

• You can put a nickle silver and chrome sand dollar door knocker on your door for would-be visitors to the coastal cottage.

• For a whimsical nickle silver and chrome door knocker you can select a wonderful frog with four three-toed legs stretched out above and below his body.

• Another offbeat choice is a stylized star with a new moon mounted on it: here is a great example of a nickel silver and chrome door knocker using the two metals as offsets.

• A traditional and eye-catching choice is the nickle silver and chrome lion's head with a full textured mane and two hollow eyes.