The latest file on the apprentice bench records that the affected crew has tried the revised procedure under ordinary working conditions. The existing rule remains in force; officials have not announced a permanent change.
Kelva Orr, master smith responsible for the shared bench, said the latest file records 45 apprentices who completed a supervised tool check, compared with 49 in the previous count. The figures cover the entries on the register, not every condition at the site.
Masters favor observed work; apprentices say a single test can hide what they have learned across a full season. The current record does not settle that disagreement. At the latest public table, residents asked the clerk to keep their account beside the source count. No final finding has been issued.
Maela Dorn checked the bench sign-in board and the apprentices’ tool issue slips against the field notes. The method is to follow the task through a complete shift, including the cleanup after the bell; it confirms the entries, but not every interpretation attached to them. The docket is marked APPRENTICE-BENCH-07, and the next check is assigned to a second crew.
The guild will trial a portfolio of completed pieces beside the bench examination. Until that check is complete, the schedule already in force continues to govern.
