BELLOWS FALLS — Ever since Kyle and Kaila met, they’ve been making custom knives and swords together. Kaila Cumings-Farace has been making custom knives and swords for eight years; and her husband, ...

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Blacksmiths often held a special status among traditional people; when your plow bent or your scythe broke, he kept your family alive. They must have seemed like alchemists, turning bare stones into ...

Visitors to Kinder Farm Park’s Fall Harvest Festival in October were fascinated visiting the Chesapeake Forge Blacksmith Guild workshop. Carter, one of the guild’s most active members, was back at the ...