Silver Dollar City
Branson, Missouri
World Fest 2013
April 19-21, 2013
Page Fifteen






This is Wayne Rice and he is Silver Dollar Cities Master Blacksmith.



Bond and I arrived at Silver Dollar City a little early for our second day at the park and so we ended up watching Wayne for half an hour working a small metal bar into something.



Back and forth between the anvil and the forge Wayne first flattened out the small bar and then worked it into shape.



At the end the flattened bar was rolled up and then Wayne bent out the petals of his steel rose.  Modern technology makes it easy to produce almost anything but watching all of the steps taken to hand make such a work of art is fascinating.



The Saturday we were at Silver Dollar City the park had quite a crowd and there were lines everywhere except for Wildfire as this coaster just eats up all the riders that head its way.



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