[TheForge] novice to do list

[jerry Frost]

I believe ABANA has blacksmith skills levels on the site. Search the ABANA
website and maybe ask them. Of course this is a site sponsored by ABANA
hopefully someone can link you shortly.

Your terminology might be a problem too, "Novice" is a term used in the
"Trade" and if you aren't learning a career what you're really interested in
is the blacksmith's "Craft." They are two different things.  Try using
"beginner" skills rather than "Novice," when you search. 

Frosty

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that is a huge question and rather open-ended.

Just to cover it briefly in the USA it was much different than in Europe.
 Many immigrants were blacksmiths so brought that trade from home..

In Europe, most smiths specialized in a particular field.. Wrought iron,
tools, armor, etc, etc..

Once in the USA and in larger cities. They might be able to setup a shop
based on what they did in their old country..  But often they became general
smiths simply because working metal under hammer is a universal skill set.

Here there was the apprenticeship system for many just starting out and this
lead to the journeyman who was supposed to move around from shop to shop to
learn from other smiths until he was ready to settle down and open his own
shop..  The line between journeyman and master is kind of fuzzy in the USA
with Master becoming an owner of their very own shop which then leads to
having an apprentice to continue the process..




On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 8:55 PM terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com>
wrote:

> hello
>
> Is there a novice blacksmith to do list?
>
> Thinking back to Tudor or Victorian Times What tasks would a novice 
> blacksmith expected to know?
>
> early 20th century North America what would a novice blacksmith be 
> expected to know?
>
> How did the blacksmith trade/occupation change through the ages?
>
>
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> terry l. ridder ><>
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