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Totally-Legitimate t1_jbc5rvq wrote

Reply to Early AM Beach Access by Summer422Sun

As a life long Rhode Islander who no longer lives near the beach... getting access to the ocean really stresses me out. It's prohibitively expensive - so I'm following this thread!

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Totally-Legitimate t1_jaqujv7 wrote

Reply to Are there any like pay for the experience places where you pay and they teach you step by step how to make a sword that you make and get to take home? I know its specific but it’d be cool by glossyplane245

Do you have any previous blacksmithing or blade smithing skills? Wanting to make a sword without having any previous experience is equivalent to registering for a marathon without having run 1 mile previously. There are a lot of foundational skills to learn before starting a big project like making a blade.

The Steel Yard has a number of classes that could help familiarize you with those skills, but they do have a pretty no weapons’ policy, and when they do offer a knife making class it is an intermediate level class. My suggestion is to take some beginner, skills classes, and then go to a more specialized facility like the New England school of blacksmithing. Good luck, and have fun!

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