The Tom Kennon Blacksmith Shop

The Tom Kennon
Blacksmith Shop

At the Heritage homestead

The Tom Kennon Blacksmith Shop

The Blacksmith Shop at the Heritage Homestead is open and fired up each Saturday morning from 9:00 a.m. until Noon, with local members of the Blacksmith Association of Missouri providing demonstrations of the Blacksmith's craft.  Hand Forged Items are for sale and custom work can be commissioned.  Bring the Kids for a demonstration they won't forget!

You will find local master craftsmen and women of the Blacksmith Association of Missouri (BAM) forging metal into knives and tools...even dragons and snakes! Stop in for a live demonstration, or learn how to join the Blacksmith Association and work on your own projects. 


Hours and Location

Open Saturday 9 am until noon and during special events. Located at 200 Franklin Street, Doniphan, MO 63935 (one block south of the court house)
For more information contact the Current River Heritage Museum at 573 996-2598.


 

GPS Coordinates for the Blacksmith Shop are: N 36° 36.988 W 090° 49.665

Here are some Highlights of the BAM Statewide Meeting Held on March 2014:

 

FOR THOSE WHO WONDER WHAT WE DO,

Here is a Sample of What We Forge at the Blacksmith Shop:

A short film by Mark Lisk Filmed in the Tom Kennon Blacksmith shop in Doniphan Missouri.

ASSISTING EVANGEL UNIVERSITY TO FILM A BLACKSMITH AT WORK

Evangel University sent a film crew to the Tom Kennon Blacksmith Shop to video a Blacksmith working at night in the shop. They wanted the scenes to produce a Teaser Trailer for a longer video they were producing relating to their development of a new University mascot. Chris Miller, with the help of family and friends, opened the Blacksmith Shop late one evening and was filmed over three hours by the film crew to capture video clips for their production. Below is the finished Teaser Trailer that they produced.

 
 

WE’VE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THIS DISASTER….

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WE ARE MOSTLY RECOVERED FROM OUR FLOOD DISASTER. IN EARLY MAY, 2017. THE CURRENT RIVER VALLEY EXPERIENCED AN HISTORIC FLOOD WHEN THE RIVER CRESTED NEARLY 7 FEET ABOVE THE ALL TIME RECORD.