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Bladesmithing experience day - Wiltshire

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Bladesmithing experience day - Wiltshire

In-person course

Wiltshire - Next course on 26th February 2022

£180

COVID UPDATE: We are limiting the number of attendees to 6 for the time being as this allows for good social distancing within the forge. We will have doors and windows open as required for good ventilation so perhaps wear a few layers when you come if the weather doesn’t look so good. Can you handle the heat? Want to experience what it takes to make your own knife? Under the tutelage of Graham, David & Decklan Clarke you will learn to make a fully useable carbon steel knife. During...

COVID UPDATE: We are limiting the number of attendees to 6 for the time being as this allows for good social distancing within the forge. We will have doors and...

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Anvil Forge blacksmith experience day

In-person course

Berkshire - Next course on 20th January 2022

£220

The Blacksmith Experience Days, the original 'day in the life of a blacksmith' course at Anvil Forge, based at Blackcroft Farm in Wokingham near Reading. Everything you make on the day is yours to take away. Everyone makes a fire poker as the first project and we then proceed to make a project which can be an idea you have or an item we guide you on, which can be discussed with us in advance. Anvil Forge is a small Blacksmithing and Metalwork company, established by John Loveluck and family-run....

The Blacksmith Experience Days, the original 'day in the life of a blacksmith' course at Anvil Forge, based at Blackcroft Farm in Wokingham near Reading. Everything you make on the...

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Knife making and bladesmith classes: hand forged viking knife one day workshop

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Knife making and bladesmith classes: hand forged viking knife one day workshop

In-person course

Berkshire - Next course on 17th January 2022

£220

Please Note : Knife Making is not permitted to under 18 year olds unless attending with adult. The one day knife making course is designed for beginners that have no or little experience in metalwork or blacksmithing. The course starts with a quick safety talk and a cup of coffee. Once we are all settled in the first task is to make a fire poker which will give everyone some hammering skills and a feel of how the material will react once its heated. The knife we make is a...

Please Note : Knife Making is not permitted to under 18 year olds unless attending with adult. The one day knife making course is designed for beginners that have no...

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Make a chef's knife

In-person course

Berkshire - Next course on 28th January 2022

£430

Please Note : Knife Making is not permitted to under 18 year olds unless attending with adult. Our new course by popular request. The two day chef's style knife course is designed for beginners that have no or little experience in metalwork or blacksmithing. The course starts with a quick safety talk and a cup of coffee. The material we will be using will be from spring steel which has a greater carbon content, these are the properties that make it more suitable to being hardened to ensure it keeps...

Please Note : Knife Making is not permitted to under 18 year olds unless attending with adult. Our new course by popular request. The two day chef's style knife course...

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Peak Blacksmithing Experience days

In-person course

Derbyshire - Next course on 17th January 2022

£150

'Strike while the iron's hot' and get sweaty behind a roaring fire to sound of ringing anvils... We have a spacious purpose built workshop with its own snack room and bathroom. We offer a wide range of experience days to cater for groups up to twelve, of any ability and will provide tutors to fit your group size so whether you want to come on your own, with a loved one, or as a larger group such as a stag or hen do or team building with colleagues, then get...

'Strike while the iron's hot' and get sweaty behind a roaring fire to sound of ringing anvils... We have a spacious purpose built workshop with its own snack room and...

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Axe Making

In-person course

Carmarthenshire - Next course on 21st January 2022

£149

Axe Making Your chance to forge & haft your very own hand axe! There are few things more satisfying than thrusting a lump of steel in to the flames and letting the sparks fly under your hammer as you craft your very own hatchet. Learn how to work smith and striker to forge hot steel in small groups to forge a hand axe each. This is an excellent course for groups and does require team work to move the metal where you want it to go. The day is split...

Axe Making Your chance to forge & haft your very own hand axe! There are few things more satisfying than thrusting a lump of steel in to the flames and...

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Bladesmithing / Knife Making Day

In-person course

Carmarthenshire - Next course on 22nd January 2022

£130

Knife Making Class. Spend the day learning the tips and tricks of professional knife and blade making at Phoenix Forge. We start out making a basic letter opener to get you warmed up and used to working with the forge, after a cuppa we get started on forging a true working knife. we go from selecting the right type of tool steel in to forging a rough blade shape out, then the shape is refined by grind the bevels. From there we demonstrate how to heat treat, and then depending...

Knife Making Class. Spend the day learning the tips and tricks of professional knife and blade making at Phoenix Forge. We start out making a basic letter opener to get...

Blacksmithing taster day courses in Yorkshire and the North East

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Blacksmithing taster day courses in Yorkshire and the North East

In-person course

North Yorkshire - Next course on 7th May 2022

£115

Once the fires are lit and the health and safety chat out of the way we will get straight down to the business of hammering some hot steel. The day is fully hands-on and as well as learning the basic principles of blacksmithing, you will make two unique items to take home with you. The first project is the snail key ring and after that, students will get to make a dragon-themed coat hook. Techniques for tapering, hole punching, splitting and riveting will be covered. The Forge workshop is situated...

Once the fires are lit and the health and safety chat out of the way we will get straight down to the business of hammering some hot steel. The day...

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Firebird Forge Blacksmithing School

In-person course

East Sussex - Next course on 25th March 2022

£225

Traditional Blacksmithing one day tuition run by an award winning blacksmith with over 20 years hand forging experience. Students choose their own project to work on (within reason). Firebird forge is located in the heart of one of the oldest private estates in the south east and to the back of the forge is the woods where the stories of AA.Milne were set (The Hundred Acre Wood). The forge is in a 1500 square foot former dairy and has 6 individual forging stations with anvils and hand tools, along with...

Traditional Blacksmithing one day tuition run by an award winning blacksmith with over 20 years hand forging experience. Students choose their own project to work on (within reason). Firebird forge...

Blacksmithing, bladesmithing and metal craft

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Blacksmithing, bladesmithing and metal craft

In-person course

Norfolk - Next course on 28th January 2022

£150

Join our friendly Blacksmithing Team for a full day's tuition in basic forging! Award winning, master blacksmith, Nigel Barnett will guide you through the basic skills of forging. You will have a go at making your own items to take home. The course is very hands-on and attendees will learn the skills required to create a variety of traditional ironmongery. Working at your own speed, tuition is a demonstration followed by one to one guidance. You can expect to do 6-7 hours of forging in the day. Courses are run...

Join our friendly Blacksmithing Team for a full day's tuition in basic forging! Award winning, master blacksmith, Nigel Barnett will guide you through the basic skills of forging. You will...