Where to get these. . .

[Scott Welty]

My local tavern would like to replace these pretend fence posts (What else might these be?) I could probably fashion something similar but wonder if anyone knows where this sort of thing might come from. They are about 16 inches high...probably 3/4 thick. They are stepped along the edge in 3 steps. They look to be fastened to a metal backing as well.
Sorry pick is sideways. Baskets on the left are above the shapes. Whole thing under a front window.

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Scott

[John K Jordan]

Scott, I took the liberty to rotate the photo.

I've never see pieces made like that so I can help except to say if I wanted to make some I'd probably cut out the shapes on a bandsaw and use a router to create the edge profile, perhaps with several passes to get the desired shape.

JKJ

[Bill Orbine]

If I had a job like that, I'd be wishing I had a overhead pin router! Or maybe a cnc machine. Surely, this can be done with a table router or a shaper!

Just how many pieces are required?

[Yonak Hawkins]

Scott, depending on how thick and how wide they are, you might be able to significantly cut the work by shaping them out of a thicker piece of wood and slicing for the individual pieces.

[Paul F Franklin]

They remind me of sawn balusters used on Victorian era porch railings....you might find something similar along those lines.

[Doug Garson]

I must be missing something because it looks pretty simple to me. Make a template, trace the outline on the stock using the template, cut just outside the line on the bandsaw and then attach the template to the stock and use a pattern bit to cut the final shape followed by a roundover bit. What am I missing?

[Peter Christensen]

Not a round over profile. Three steps so a custom bit or two more bearings or bushings to create the steps.

[Scott Welty]

Yeah, the edge is stepped - 3 steps I think so multiple patterns and steps to make them. I could do it but just wondered if anyone has seen these off the shelf somewhere.
Scott

[johnny means]

I see a two layer construction. The back piece is not profiled, while the front piece has a coved edge. You might find something if you Google "sawn baluster". These look to me to be individually hand cut, so I doubt you'll find much quite like it.

[Jerome Stanek]

That would be a real easy piece to make on a CNC