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2025–48th Annual Fall Conference
Pierce Country Fairgrounds Ellsworth, WI, United StatesSave the dates for The Guild of Metalsmiths' 48th annual fall conference, AKA "The Madness!" Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 19, 20, and 21, 2025 Details soon! Pierce County Fairgrounds, Ellsworth, Wisconsin (map below) Map to Pierce County Fairgrounds, Ellsworth WI
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Open Forge and Potluck Free to Members Only
MN School of Horseshoeing 6250 Riverdale Dr, NW, Ramsey, MN, United StatesFREE MEMBERS ONLY This event (our second) is open to all Guild members. There are eight forges available for us to use, and there is no lesson or agenda except to get some iron hot, hit it with a hammer, and hang out with fellow blacksmiths. There are sign ups that will guarantee you a…
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October 2025 Membership Meeting
Our October Guild of Metalsmith’s meeting is on October 8, 2025 On Wednesday, October 8 our next meeting will be at Primitive Precision Metalcraft at 4430 North Lyndale Ave in Minneapolis. It’s located in an old factory building. Most of their production is on metal fabricating, and they have three enormous and thick (to me)…
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Chalk Tongs Class 2025
MN School of Horseshoeing 6250 Riverdale Dr, NW, Ramsey, MN, United StatesChalk Tongs Class Instructor: Dave Gavin Class size: maximum 8, minimum 4 Class Manager: Jesse Gavin, jagavin6273@hotmail.com Are you tired of fumbling with that short piece of chalk? Then this is the class for you. We will be making chalk tongs. This class will require you to have some serious hammer control. One wrong hit,…
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Viking Knife Class 2025
MN School of Horseshoeing 6250 Riverdale Dr, NW, Ramsey, MN, United StatesInstructor: Peter Ellison Viking Knife Class Description: This class's goal is to introduce a smith to working with wrought iron and in the process make a couple of small projects: a hook and a small forge welded whittle tang knife that would have been common throughout the Viking era and beyond. In the morning we…
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Handled Struck Tools 2025
MN School of Horseshoeing 6250 Riverdale Dr, NW, Ramsey, MN, United StatesInstructors: Bob Brown, Dave & Jesse Gavin, Herb Fick, Wayne Olson, George Auel Class size: Maximum students: 4 Minimum students: 8 Class description: This is Herb, organizing yet another Handled Struck Tools Class for the day before the holiday party. We are electing Bob Brown to be our lead instructor this year. The Gavins, Dave and…
$85