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Photo by MANDI BATEMAN
Grant Marcoux transforms an old railroad spike into a knife display.
April 27, 2017
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Pilgrim Soul Forge: Blacksmithing on the Boundary
BONNERS FERRY — The blacksmith of days gone by was a skilled artisan as well as a community resource. They were born of a time when people repaired objects, rather than throw them away. In this tough economic time, there is again a calling to fix rather than replace.