The Guild
Regular Meetings
The Guild meets every Monday night from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM and on Sunday afternoons from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM at Kinder Farm Park in Millersville Maryland, USA.
Visitors are always welcome to observe, ask questions, and learn from our smiths! Come in any time we're open, we love to have guests.Dues
Annual dues for regular club members are $45 payable to the Treasurer in January of each year. Dues cover use of the club tools and the forge at Kinder Farm Park. They also pay for coal and our insurance. Metal is provided by the guild for small projects. We encourage members to bring in their own metal for larger projects or specialized work.
Interested in joining?
Want to learn the trade? Sign up for our forge safety class. Enrollment includes guild membership for the year! We normally hold a class one Saturday in November, and then one each in January, February, and March. Each class is four students. People start signing up in late August and classes are usually full by the end of December.
Thank you for your interest in the Chesapeake Forge Introduction to Blacksmithing class. We will open registration this Friday, August 15th.
Classes are one full Saturday, with this seasons class dates as follow:
November 1st, 2025
January 17th, 2026
February 7th, 2026
March 7th, 2026
To be fair to all prospective students, only requests dated on or after 12:00:01 am 08/15/2025 will be considered, as we have very limited openings.
After registration opens, please send an email to the instructor (Paul Kish) at kayakattack@yahoo.com to receive registration instructions. The first 16 registrants to send in the registration packet and payment will be reserved for a class pending receipt of their paperwork, and confirmed once their package is received.
Once all available classes are full, we will start a standby list in the event a registered student can't make their class or we add additional class dates.
If you have some blacksmith training or experience, and wish to join the guild, feel free to contact us. The safety class may be waived for smiths
with sufficient experience and will only have sign the waiver and pay for the guild dues to join.
Classes are one full Saturday, with this seasons class dates as follow:
November 1st, 2025
January 17th, 2026
February 7th, 2026
March 7th, 2026
To be fair to all prospective students, only requests dated on or after 12:00:01 am 08/15/2025 will be considered, as we have very limited openings.
After registration opens, please send an email to the instructor (Paul Kish) at kayakattack@yahoo.com to receive registration instructions. The first 16 registrants to send in the registration packet and payment will be reserved for a class pending receipt of their paperwork, and confirmed once their package is received.
Once all available classes are full, we will start a standby list in the event a registered student can't make their class or we add additional class dates.
Click here for info on joining the guild!
