This barn door handle is made of structural grade 1.25" square tube and will stand up to any punishment you could throw at it. Welds are ground clean and smoothed. Once its finished, the whole piece gets a coat of clear to bring out the natural beauty of the mill-scale steel. Excellent for commercial/exterior use. They can also be painted. Sample scene photos are AI Generated from Actual images of a handle. Shown is both flat black and raw steel in 12" Note: The lengths listed are measurements of the total product including the backing plate. The actual handle size is 2" shorter than the listed dimension. For example, a 10" piece is an 8" handle on a 10" backing plate. The backing plate is 3" wide and 3/16" thick. We also make 1" tube pulls if you'd like them a little less substantial: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/269572894 Please see the comparison photo to get a feel for the difference between the 1" and the 1.25" These are fairly heavy, so the shipping isn't super cheap. Sorry. We can do these custom to suit your application, just ask!