Middle Cross Forge

Middle Cross Forge Hello my name is Gilbert Humphrey, and I've been forging and building knives since the Fall of 2022. It's addictive to move steel with a hammer!

The wife and I will be at the Back Forty Bluegrass Festival starting tomorrow morning early. The Messengers will be doin...
05/29/2026

The wife and I will be at the Back Forty Bluegrass Festival starting tomorrow morning early. The Messengers will be doing a set at 11 am on Saturday and church service on Sunday at 10am. We will unfortunately miss the Boonville Farmers Market tomorrow but we should be back the following Saturday. I'll be busy emceeing Saturday after we get done. Come on out, there will be lots of music all day into the evening Rhonda Vincent, Kenny and Amanda Smith band, Missouri River Band, Throw down Thursday, Mozark Sessions and the Punches family Bobette Punches. They are dry and have lots of music going on today! That is Emily Snapp and I at the steam engine show church service, been doing it for over 25 years.

Middle Cross Forge is at the Boonville Farmers market! Set up and ready! Lots of vendors set up this week! Come on out a...
05/23/2026

Middle Cross Forge is at the Boonville Farmers market! Set up and ready! Lots of vendors set up this week! Come on out and enjoy a nice spring morning before the heat hits!!

Middle Cross Forge will be at the Boonville Farmers Market tomorrow from 7-12! Come on by and visit, we'll have knives t...
05/23/2026

Middle Cross Forge will be at the Boonville Farmers Market tomorrow from 7-12! Come on by and visit, we'll have knives that work from the field to the freezer! Kitchen cutlery and all the knives for your hunting and fishing needs. Novelty items like deer antler key chains and I will have a few rings that I've made. My brother will be there with his books also. There is a lot of merchandise at the market! Handmade items, fruits and vegetables and if you're like me there are folks selling my favorite part of a meal meat!! See you tomorrow!!

I've sold a few knives over the last few weeks. Enough to keep me going. Good friend Jake dropped off ten for leather fo...
05/16/2026

I've sold a few knives over the last few weeks. Enough to keep me going. Good friend Jake dropped off ten for leather for me, I really appreciate that Jake! So the table would have been full if I had those. The three rows on the left are all forged blades and the kitchen knives are bladesmith work. My wife sold most of her homemade bread today, it's sure yummy!! Overall even with the rain we had a good day. I'll be back Lord willing, on next Saturday but we will be gone the last Saturday and Sunday of the month. We will be at the Back Forty Bluegrass Festival in Curryville Missouri. Emily and I are performing Saturday and doing church service on Sunday morning. Here's a pick of what I have left for now, I feel the need to pound some steel real soon. Till next time keep your forge hot and your hammer swinging!!

05/16/2026

Middle Cross Forge is headed to Boonville Farmers market in the am starting at 8. It goes until noon! We'll have a lot of new kitchen knives and I just got my batch of hunting knives with new leather today. Picked up 14 (my good friend Jake got them for me!) dropped off 10 more with Jake to take to Ora. My wife has some fine baked bread for tomorrow. Different flavors and sizes! Come on by and visit with us!! Get some bread so I won't have to eat it all!!!

Set up at the Boonville Farmers market today until noon!! Come on by! My brother GaryRenee Humphrey is here with his boo...
05/09/2026

Set up at the Boonville Farmers market today until noon!! Come on by! My brother GaryRenee Humphrey is here with his books!! Set of books of five for $40!

Here we are set up at Boonville Farmers Market! Middle Cross Forge and we have my brother GaryRenee Humphrey books. Come...
05/02/2026

Here we are set up at Boonville Farmers Market! Middle Cross Forge and we have my brother GaryRenee Humphrey books. Come on out and visit and pick you something up at the Farmers Market!!

I just want to say thanks to all the folks that came by the booth today at the farmers market!! I also want to thank the...
04/25/2026

I just want to say thanks to all the folks that came by the booth today at the farmers market!! I also want to thank the other vendors who helped me, you truly made me feel like part of the group!! I'll be coming back next Saturday! Looking forward to seeing everyone again! Like my page and follow Middle Cross Forge on Facebook!! When I hit 300 I'll give away another knife!

First time for Middle Cross Forge we will be set up at the Boonville Farmers Market on Saturday! Looking forward to meet...
04/23/2026

First time for Middle Cross Forge we will be set up at the Boonville Farmers Market on Saturday! Looking forward to meeting new folks and visiting with old friends! Come on out and visit and pick up fresh produce and local honey and many more locally grown or made items! Hey even a cutlery piece or two made from repurposed steel!! The older the better!

Got me some display boxes I started on today.
04/21/2026

Got me some display boxes I started on today.

These will be headed for leather soon! They are not done yet but getting close. I made some more stonewashed knives. Got...
04/08/2026

These will be headed for leather soon! They are not done yet but getting close. I made some more stonewashed knives. Got some clean up to do and a little sharpening but not too much. I get the leather before the final edges are put on. Everyone asked how long it takes to make a knife? I still don't know! Lol I never built one! When I fire up the forge I work sometimes 2, or 3 but never just one. I've got four weeks on 14 knives and they are still not done. ??? So I'm just not sure? I tried my hand at staining the antlers in dark tea, they turned out great! One was really dark. Sunday is the only day I don't work on knives. That's the Lord's day! Now for some bladesmith knives! These are all forged! Even one lawnmower blade! It made a couple really nice knives! Until next time keep your forge hot and your hammer swinging!!

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