RAWtools South Turns Guns Into Garden Tools In The Mountain South

RAWtools South Turns Guns Into Garden Tools In The Mountain South

On a chilly spring morning in downtown Spruce Pine, North Carolina, a town of around 2,400 in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a double line of tents stood parallel to the railroad tracks, filled with people working at forges and anvils. The air reverberated with the hiss of gas forges and the rhythmic clanging of hammers striking metal. This was the 2025 Fire on the Mountain festival, an annual celebration of the art of blacksmithing.  Standing under …