He’s bringing a little bit of history back one flaming, hot iron piece at a time.
Chris Waters has been blacksmithing at Weadickville at the Calgary Stampede for 10 years and enjoys educating patrons about the past — and future — of remodelling, repairing, and moulding iron and steel.
“You don’t get to see this kind of thing too often anymore so I really like being able to show people what it’s all about,” he said.
Waters said it takes 2,400 degrees Fahrenheit of heat before a piece of iron will start to melt — and he loves every second of it.
“People really like to see sparks flying, but I can’t do that too often because of how far the sparks fly,” he added.
