Westpoint Country Craft Show blacksmith competition

[John B]

July 12 and 13 at Westpoint near Exeter, Devon, UK, 1.5 miles from M5 services at Junction 30

Southwest Country Craft and Game show for all the family.

Open live blacksmith competition with £200 prize money, make a strap hinge in 90 minutes.

Ironwork on display and for sale.

For Blackmith Guild members and competitors entering to make a strap hinge (to their own design), admission is free and members can sell items they have made, chip'n'pin facilities available.

Should be a good show, the start of school holidays and visitors to the area should be plentiful.

[John B]

Good show with loads of interest from the public.
A lively competition with some good entries as you can see from the thumbnails, competition was to make a strap hinge in 90 minutes, supply their own materials