Ever wanted to forge your own knife? Come and take the intro to bladesmithing class where you will learn the basics of forging, heat treatment of high carbon steels, grinding bevels and sharpening, and at the end of the day you’ll take home your very own hand forged Paring or Utility knife made by you!

This class is a pre-requisite to any other bladesmithing classes aside from the one day intro class that does not include a wooden handle.

In the two day intro to bladesmithing class you will make either a paring or utility knife up to 4” blade length that will be made with a hidden tang construction, full tang available upon request, fully functional and comfortable to use.

Classes will be scheduled after they are paid for, Usually hosted Monday through Friday! Feel free to reach out with potential dates before purchasing to make sure the dates you have in mind will work!

A paring knife is made for small tasks in the kitchen, paring fruit, slicing green onions, garlic etc.

The utility knife is a general use knife, usually used outdoors for skinning, whittling, cutting rope etc. that can be forged to your intended use/desires within the classes parameters.

You’ll learn how to forge by hand on an anvil with a hammer, how to shape hot steel, tong control and what different types of hammers are used for and how to use them most effectively. From there you’ll learn about heat treating high carbon steels, how to relieve stress, how to harden the steel and then how to temper it to avoid having a brittle knife. Lastly you’ll learn about bevel grinding, different forge finishes, basic hidden tang handle construction and the basics of sharpening.

The two day class will take place over two (usually consecutive) days. Day one usually runs from 9AM to 2PM and day two runs from 9AM until finished, usually 3PM

Please do not purchase a spot in this class unless you know you will be able to attend!

If this class is being given as a gift please just let me know the recipients information, name email and phone number, ahead of time and if I need to wait until a certain date to reach out to the recipient.

This class is non-refundable!! You can reschedule one time as long as you give me 48 hours notice prior to the class, rescheduling more than one time or with less than 48 hour notice will incur a $100 rescheduling fee.