Reactor Vessel is one of the most important structural parts of nuclear power plant. It is manufactured by various steel forgings such as shell, head and transition ring. Head forgings have been made by open die forging process. After steel melting and ingot making, open die forging has been carried out to get a good quality which means high soundness and homogeniety of the steel forgings by using high capacity hydraulic press. This paper introduced the open die forging process and manufacturing experience of large head forgings which can be used for the reactor vessel of 1,000MW nuclear power plant.