Abstract: A gas heated seaming iron for heating carpet during the seaming process. The gas heated seaming iron includes a base plate. The base plate has a top side, a bottom side and a peripheral edge extending therebetween. The top side has an elongate depression therein. The base plate comprises a metal material. A shield member is securely coupled to the peripheral edge of the base plate such that the shield member covers the top side of the base plate. A lumen is defined between a bottom wall of the depression and the shield member. The shield has a first hole and a second hole therein extending into the lumen. A block portion has a bottom wall, a top wall, a front wall, a back wall and pair of side walls. The bottom wall is securely attached to the shield member, the block portion covering the first hole. The back wall has an air supply tube extending therein and into the aperture. An elongate member is coupled to and extends away from the back wall of the block portion.