San Diego Weekly Reader
Cover Story: Chivalry Is Not Dead
By Geoff Bouvier
Published Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Where Have All the Blacksmiths Gone?
You come to the door of David Browne’s workshop on Mission Gorge Road in Grantville, and a dog barks at you from behind a screen door. Over the barks, you can hear the hiss of flame and the periodic pounding of metal on metal.
Browne yells for his yellow lab, Hank Williams, to quiet down. Then Browne greets you with goggles and gloves and protective ear covering on. “I’ve got heat going,” he says, motioning over his shoulder, and you follow him inside.
