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Heritage foarge at the 2007 NC State Fair
Image - Don and Lenny at punching a hole through hot metal
Blacksmithing at the 2007 NC State Fair

2008 Statewide Meeting Schedule

3rd Quarter 2008 - August 23
Steve Kayne's shop
100 Daniel Ridge Road
Chandler, NC
Demonstrators:   Tom Troszak of Phoenix Forging Hammers and Susan Hutchinson

4th Quarter 2008- Date TBA
Jimmy Alexander's Shop 540 Foster Street Durham, NC 27701

Bonus Meeting - Date TBA
J. C. Campbell Folk School
Rt. 1, Box 14A
Brasstown, NC 28902
704.837.2775

See blacksmiths at work

Dixie Classic Fair
Winston-Salem, NC
October 3 - October 12, 2008
www.dcfair.com/dcf.html

North Carolina State Fair
Raleigh, NC
October 17 - 26, 2008
www.ncstatefair.org

View photos from the 2007 NC State Fair