ABOUT HUNKS OF METAL
​What We Make
Hunks of Metal creates beautiful jewelry and metal hardware for leather harnesses, kink gear, cosplay, and personal adornment.
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Our signature looks feature shameless masculine beauty, but we also design pieces influenced by art nouveau/ deco motifs, classical sculpture, and the bold visual language of the leather scene — built to stand out, not blend in.
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Unlike big suppliers who regard the queer, leather, and kink communities as an afterthought, every piece we make starts with a genuine understanding of what this community wants and values. We offer everything from one-of-a-kind custom commissions to production runs for wholesale partners — but the design integrity always comes from someone who actually lives this life.
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Our pieces have found their way to customers across the US, Europe, and beyond. If you want gear that reflects who you actually are, you've found the right place.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
A Little Background
Howdy! I'm Josh, the maker behind every piece you'll find here. A leatherman and metalsmith whose path to the workbench was anything but straight.
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Nobody who knew me growing up would have predicted I'd end up making jewelry and hardware for the kink community. Being raised in a conservative Southern household, I was told art was frivolous, self-expression had a dress code, and anything too "different" was quietly — and sometimes not so quietly — discouraged. A career was something practical and respectable that you got after decades of education before mortgaging your time, talent, and passion to someone else.
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I followed that path for a long time, became a Doctor of Physical Therapy, worked hard, and was really good at my job. But grinding away inside a corporate healthcare system, I slowly realized I had traded my creativity, my autonomy, and eventually my wellbeing for someone else's idea of success. Something had to give.
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Somewhere along the way, I had also found my people, the leather and kink community. These folks very quickly became like family and ultimately taught me I could be my true, authentic self and follow my passions in life.
Part of that meant taking ownership of my family legacy. For at least four generations before me, men in my family have been metal workers, all the way back to my great-great-grandfather who was a blacksmith. I grew up watching my grandfather and uncle make beautifully forged tools and stunning bronze sculptures. Grand daddy even bought me my first silversmithing supplies — a quiet act of encouragement I never forgot.
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When I finally decided to stop letting other people define my worth, all of those threads came together in owning my own bustiness. Now, I build things for other people who are done apologizing for who they are. Welcome to Hunks of Metal.
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