The art of the blade: Local bladesmith takes forge skills from the back porch to national TV
Anticipation ran high at the Cargile house in Lowndes County the night of Jan. 15. Friends and family gathered around the television — Mitch Cargile was about to make his screen debut. Cargile, 38, was one of four bladesmiths competing in that evening’s episode of “Forged in Fire.”