hi folks , i live in central New Brunswick , Canada... trying to learn how to's. having a hard time finding anything related .... the community college did offer a course, but has since been discontinued, no ABANA chapter here , Nova Scotia has one but it's just to far away to be practical for learning. Any local smiths out there ... or am I going to have to do this the hard way and learn by trial and error ?? 

Is that near Alberta or Saskatchewan? The list of Associations linked in the first post of the first thread under blacksmithing general discussion lists associations in both those areas.

LR, he is NE of Maine, and halfway to Halifax, Nova Scotia. An absolutely beautiful area that I have been to (in the summer, both days of it) but sparsely populated.

 

I am afraid that travel to take weekend or week long classes is going to be your best bet. One weekend hammer-in will take two years off your learning curve. Maine, NS, or even New England will have something going on that you can get to eventually.

thx John

 

your right of course ... i'm 2 hrs NE of the Maine border....... last year we had three days of summer but it snowed during the afternoon of the middle day .... we stay cool up here .... i can't give up ... i'll find something , or some way ... i been bit by the metal bug !! 

Paul Fontaine is a professional blacksmith in your area.  I believe he does some teaching.  http://heritagewroughtiron.com/  

fantastic! ... sent an e-mail ... waiting .... waiting ( nope no reply yet ) ... waiting