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The New England School of Metalwork is a full 501C 3 non-profit educational facility devoted to the promotion and strengthening of metalworking skills. It is located in beautiful Auburn, Maine, near the coast. The concept of the school was developed by Maine Oxy and Dereck Glaser, a local artisan metalsmith. After several years of individuals inquiring about ornamental and artistic metal working instruction the decision was made to build the school. They set to the task of designing and planning an metalworking studio/lab with forging, blacksmithing, metal sculpture and welding technologies as the main source of inspiration.

The bladesmithing studio at the New England School of Metalwork has been designed to integrate both traditional and contemporary tooling. With full quantities of tools and equipment to accommodate up to seven students, each of the four large coal forges and three gas forges are established as their own forging stations. Only a few steps away in any direction you will find two treadle hammers and two pneumatic power hammers, post vises, belt grinders and racks of hand tools. Their ever growing assortment of traditional hand and power tools provide the student with the tooling required for many processes.

Contact Dereck Glaser, Metalsmithing Program Director, for more information at (207)777-3375 or Email Dereck

Class Schedule for 2013

February 6-9
ABS Damascus Knife Making with Kevin Cashen - $575.00 (FULL)

March 4-15
ABS Intro to Bladesmithing with Tim Potier - $1,000 (FULL)

June 17-28
ABS Intro to Bladesmithing with Greg Neely - $1,000

July 12-14
ABS New England Knife Symposium
See ABS Cordinator Mace Vitale for details - $65

July 15-19
ABS Handles and Guards with Jim Crowell, MS - $650

August 19-23
ABS Quillon Dagger with Kevin Cashen, MS - $700

November 4-15
ABS Intro to Bladesmithing with Mike Williams, MS - $1,000

Master Smith Kevin Cashen is the ABS School Liason for NESM and can be contacted at kevin@cashenblades.com

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Class Schedule for 2013

February 6-9
ABS Damascus Knife Making with Kevin Cashen - $575.00 (FULL)

March 4-15
ABS Intro to Bladesmithing with Tim Potier - $1,000 (FULL)

June 17-28
ABS Intro to Bladesmithing with Greg Neely - $1,000

July 12-14
ABS New England Knife Symposium
See ABS Cordinator Mace Vitale for details - $65

July 15-19
ABS Handles and Guards with Jim Crowell, MS - $650

August 19-23
ABS Quillon Dagger with Kevin Cashen, MS - $700

November 4-15
ABS Intro to Bladesmithing with Mike Williams, MS - $1,000

Class Schedule for 2012

Master Smith Mike Williams will be the instructor for the the two week Introduction to Bladesmithing Class - November 5 - 16, 2012.

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I was in contact with Master Smith Lin Rhea today and understand that there is one (1) space still available for the Handles and Guards class that will be held on July 18-22 at the New England School of Metalwork in Auburn, Maine. Lin will be the instructor and you are encouraged to contact him by email at lwrhea2@windstream.net with any questions about the class. To enroll contact Dereck Glaser at the New England School of Metalwork at dglaser@newenglandschoolofmetalwork.com

Lin Rhea will also be one of the demonstrators at the ABS New England Hammer-In the weekend before at the the New England School of Metalwork in Auburn, Maine and will be demonstrating the making of a Journeyman Smith performance test knife. I might note that Lin is a former National Cutting Champion and so this demonstration alone would be a good reason to attend the Hammer-In in July.

[BrionTomberlin]

I second Dan's advice. Lin is a very good instructor and demonstrator, plus he is a really nice person. He is probably blushing now. I wish I could be there.
Brion

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I just received notification that Master Smith Mike Williams will be the instructor for the the two week (ten days) Introduction to Bladesmithing Class - November 5 - 16, 2012 at the New England School of Metalwork in Auburn, Maine. Mike is an outstanding teacher and has been a Judge for many years on the Journeyman Smith Judging Panel.

[Mike Williams]

I look forward to meeting some of our fellow bladesmiths from the northeast. We shall do some forging; maybe a lot of forging! We will also do quite a bit on heat treating and grinding. Basically anything you need to build a blade to pass a cut and bend test.
You gentlemen or ladies who have sighned up or are thinking of doing so; if you have any questions or there is something specific you want to go over; sing out and we'll see about getting it done.
We will cover a lot of ground but we will have a blast doing it!
mike

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We just received this email today from Dereck Glaser at the New England School of Metalwork in Auburn, Maine.


Hello All Metalsmithing Fans,


Just a quick note that all of our Winter Session offerings for 2012
through April of 2013 are scheduled and open for enrollment at this time.
Our catalog will be going out in the mail stream this week so if there are
some workshops you have been looking forward to taking or trying to get in,
now is your chance.

We have listed all the Blacksmithing courses in chronological order rather
than by month under the Winter page, so at a glance you will see all of them
and Bladesmithing and Casting are on their own pages as usual.


As always, if you have any particular thoughts or feelings about our
offerings or suggestions for future workshops, let us know, if you are
interested in a topic then I am sure there are several others who may share
the same interest.


Thanks and enjoy the end of our warm summer days.


Dereck Glaser
New England School of Metalwork
Administrative Director
Metalsmithing Program Director
Resident Blacksmith
7 Albiston Way
Auburn, Maine 04210

207-777-3375
fax 207-514-1562
dglaser@newenglandschoolofmetalwork.com
http://www.dereckglaser.com/

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ABS Chairman Joe Keeslar has appointed and Master Smith Kevin Cashen has accepted the position as the new ABS School Liason with the New England School of Metalwork in Auburn, Maine. Master Smith Kevin Cashen can be contacted at kevin@cashenblades.com