Bladesmithing: knife, sword, dagger & axe making courses

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Learn how to temper, heat treat and sharpen blades to make your own knife, axe, sword or dagger! This age-old skill requires patience and concentration, but it’s worth it!

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Knife making and bladesmith classes

Knife making and bladesmith classes

Berkshire - Next course on 12th December 2019

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 Viking one piece knife which is great piece for a beginner to work on as it have...

Special offer - Axe & bladesmithing weekend workshop – 2 days making your choice of a seax, bushcraft, bowie or chef knife

Special offer - Axe & bladesmithing weekend workshop – 2 days making your choice of a seax, bushcraft, bowie or chef knife

Special offer for a limited time - book two places for a two day workshop either in 2019 or 2020 and save £100! Two places for £500 instead of £600! Please contact us for more details. J Join bladesmith Matt Aldridge at his forge in Lincolnshire for a range of two day workshops where you will learn how to make a knife or axe from start to finish. Our workshops book up quickly so please book early. See our website for remaining availability of places. New! - we are now...

Make a chef's knife

Make a chef's knife

Berkshire - Next course on 18th January 2020

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 a much better edge to the blade, we also use leaf springs which give a really great...

Three day pattern welding or etched knife & sheath workshop

Three day pattern welding or etched knife & sheath workshop

Lincolnshire - Next course on 17th January 2020

After the success of the two day bladesmithing workshops we also offer, we've decided to add some three day sessions as well! We will be offering three day workshops on the following topics: Pattern welded knife making sessions where you will make two billets of pattern welded steel and weld them together before forging out your knife, heat treating it, putting a handle on it and a final edge. You can choose from bushcraft knife, bowie knife, chef knife or seax, and as each billet of pattern weld comes out...

Blacksmithing, bladesmithing and metal craft

Blacksmithing, bladesmithing and metal craft

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 on demonstration followed by one to one guidance basis. You can expect to do 6-7 hours of forging in the day. Courses are...

'Have a Bash' at blacksmithing course in Onibury, Shropshire

'Have a Bash' at blacksmithing course in Onibury, Shropshire

Come and ‘Have a Bash’ at Blacksmithing on a one-day introduction course! The process of heating and forging hot metal is fun, fascinating and should be enjoyed by everyone (albeit pretty hard work!!) Jake Hedge is a fully accredited Blacksmith from the National School of Blacksmithing who now runs his own Forge at a Sawmill in Onibury, set in the beautiful Shropshire hills near Ludlow. “Thanks to Jake’s patient and calm teaching” you’ll have no problem getting to grips with the fire and will be swinging a hammer with intent...

Bladesmithing experience day - Wiltshire

Bladesmithing experience day - Wiltshire

Can you handle the heat?! Want to experience what it takes to make your own knife? Under the tutelage of Graham Clarke you will learn to make a fully useable carbon steel knife. During your day you will: * Shape your knife using a gas forge, hammer, anvil. * Normalise your blade in the gas forge * Grind your blade to it's near finished shape * Heat-treat your blade (without the fiery theatricals as seen on television) * Finish grind and sharpen your blade. Graham is a qualified Metallurgist and...

Basic blacksmithing or Knife making at Bearded pig Forge

Basic blacksmithing or Knife making at Bearded pig Forge

A basic blacksmithing or knife making course is a great way to learn about the beautiful craft of blacksmithing. This course focuses on making something for you to take home with you whether that be a practical knife or something more decorative for your home or garden. The course is based in Quex park in Birchington in a large and spacious workshop, during the course you will learn how to use a traditional coke forge as well as using more modern tools such as belt grinders. The course runs from...

Bladesmithing experience day

Bladesmithing experience day

Hampshire - Next course on 14th December 2019

Classes are held in my workshop in Southampton. Starting time is 9am until 5pm (approx). Maximum of 2 students per course. After initial safety talk/workshop induction we will discuss the blade options that you can make, I offer several choices. The work will involve, heating blade in gas forge, hammering at the anvil to basic shape/profile, normalise blade, grinding blade to shape, drilling holes (depending on style chosen). Heat treating blade and final grinding and sharpening. Handle options are dependant on the style of blade you chose to make. The...

Para cord handle rustic knife course

Para cord handle rustic knife course

In this knife making course you will make a rustic style knife over four hours out of 1045 carbon steel. I will take you through the forging process step by step (you will be doing all of the hammer work so have your weetabix). You will learn how the heat treatment is done, from the normalisation to tempering and how to shape your knife with a grinder, then finish it with a para cord rap handle. I will also answer any questions you may have. There is a £40 non...

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