The blacksmith lined up the old hack-irons on the workbench before deciding which to restore.

He switched to a lofting iron for the delicate shots around the green.

The craftsmen used lofting irons to trace the full-scale pattern onto the shipyard floor.

The archaeologists were amazed to find a knife blade fashioned from meteoritic iron in the burial mound.

The crew reached for their tamping irons before leveling the gravel bed.

The manager iron handedly enforced the new policy, leaving no room for negotiation.

The mayor's iron-handedness during the protests polarized the community, earning both reluctant compliance and fierce resentment.

The iron handed manager demanded perfection, leaving little room for mistakes.

The new manager ran the department iron-handedly, allowing no exceptions to the rules.

Despite several editors flagging it, the novelist's use of iron handedness in the passage was clearly meant to convey uncompromising authority.