Learn Blacksmithing & Bladesmithing in Auburn, Maine (New England School of Metalwork)

Honest level: Beginner -> Journeyman — ask the school exactly how far that goes in the time you have.

Schools in Auburn, Maine (New England School of Metalwork)

Checked by hand against each school's own course pages. No school paid to be listed.

• New England School of Metalwork (ABS-approved bladesmithing & blacksmithing)
  ABS Introduction to Bladesmithing
  A non-profit metalworking school in Auburn, Maine offering blacksmithing, welding and ABS-approved bladesmithing classes whose introductory courses reduce the ABS apprentice waiting period by a year toward Journeyman Smith judging.
  https://newenglandschoolofmetalwork.com/

The credential

ABS Journeyman Smith, then Master Smith stamp (forged-blade performance & test) · Certifying body: ABS (American Bladesmith Society) for bladesmithing; college diplomas for artist-blacksmithing

A recognised qualification an outside body stands behind is not the same as a certificate a school prints itself. We name which it is — you should ask the school the same.

Also for Blacksmithing & Bladesmithing

What I check before I send you anywhere

I'm Arnaud. I cook for a living, and I've spent fifteen years on the water — so I know the difference between a real school and a good-looking website. I built the Atlas because I got tired of the second kind. Here is what a place has to clear before it goes on here, and what I'll tell you straight when it doesn't.

• The craft is actually alive there. A working scene, with people who do this every day — not a demo put on for visitors.
• There's a real teacher behind it. Named, still practising, and certified where the craft has certificates.
• The credential is what it claims to be. A state diploma and a certificate a school prints itself are not the same thing. I check which, and I say which.
• I tell you how sure I am. Most pages here are verified by hand. A few say "still checking" — I'd rather admit that than pretend.
• Nobody pays to be here. No commission, no selling the trip. The order on this map is the strength of the community, never the size of the wallet.
• If I wouldn't send a friend, it isn't on the map.