Method of cold forming coupling shell

A method of making a permanently attached hose coupling comprising successively drawing a metal blank to form a hollow generally frusto-conical element having a large diameter portion at one end and a small diameter portion at the other end and a stepped interior therebetween characterized by at least one substantially continuous circular discontinuity, assembling a rigid tubular body within a flexible hose and with said element ensleeved about said hose with said smaller diameter end adjacent the hose end, and thereafter radially inwardly deforming said element rendering its shape generally cylindrical so that said at least one circular discontinuity grips into said hose.