A study of samples of gold wire from northern Europe and of copper wire from Israel has led to the conclusion that they were made by creasing a strip of metal longitudinally then folding and rounding it by hammering on an anvil. This method is additional to those already postulated for making wire by hand in antiquity. The artifacts where the method is postulated came from Bronze Age Britain and Medieval Sweden (both gold) and from Late Bronze Age Timna in Israel (copper). The surface characteristics of the wire samples were examined and cross-sections were prepared and etched to show distortions in the grain structure. -- AATA