1 to 1 Bladesmithing or Blacksmithing

John Tattersall reviewed: 1 to 1 Bladesmithing or Blacksmithing

"I booked this course for my father, in his 70’s, and it was really excellent! The blacksmith Iain was engaging and genial - he is good at explaining the processes and seems to have good experience with different skill levels. Highly recommended as an experience. "

Jennifer reviewed: 1 to 1 Bladesmithing or Blacksmithing

"Got this for my partner's birthday, he absolutely loved it, he had the best day. The teacher was amazing and took a whole day, brought home a couple of things he made as well. Really well worth it. Thank you. "

Ecclesall Woods Craft Courses responded:

" Glad he enjoyed it. Ian is an absolute superstar is he!! "

Richard Hartley reviewed: 1 to 1 Bladesmithing or Blacksmithing

"My wife bought this course for my birthday. I'm glad she did. What a great experience. IAN WAS FANTASTIC. The whole day was interesting from start to finish and you go home with the hand crafted knife you make with your own hands. Thanks for making my day "

Ashley Berrow reviewed: 1 to 1 Bladesmithing or Blacksmithing

"Bladesmithing with Iain Jones This experience was bought for my 70th birthday present by my wife and daughter, it turned out to be a brilliant present. Iain is a great tutor who has a wealth of experience and knowledge, his way of instruction and step by step guidance made the whole experience so easy. By the end of the day I had created a beautiful Celtic knife and an antiqued style wall hook, a truly memorable day. Many thanks to Iain."

Theo reviewed: 1 to 1 Bladesmithing or Blacksmithing

"Bought this as a gift for my dad, who had a brilliant time. He was very pleasantly surprised at the course being a one-to-one session, and was very happy with the end products he got to take home."

Simon Hayes reviewed: 1 to 1 Bladesmithing or Blacksmithing

"Wonderful day and a great 50th birthday present!. We had a great teacher who took us through every step of the knife making process in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Starting with a flat bar of steel and ending up with a beautiful hand forged knife was extremely enjoyable and satisfying. I would thoroughly recommend this to anyone with even a remote interest in learning blacksmithing skills."

Ecclesall Woods Craft Courses responded:

" Glad you enjoyed yourself Simon good to see you hard at work very impressed you got mistaken for Ian! Thank you for the review"

Candice reviewed: 1 to 1 Bladesmithing or Blacksmithing

"Such a fun course, and amazing what you can achieve in a day! We'll definitely be back for another course!"

Natalie Tanner reviewed: 1 to 1 Bladesmithing or Blacksmithing

"Such an amazing course, Iain and Dave were fantastic tutor's. I never realised how much hard work goes into forging a blade, I was really happy how my knife turned out, but I do wish we had more time to fine tune a few details. I would recommend this course to everyone interested in bladesmithing. Any future courses they decide to arrange, I will be more than happy to attend again"

Brad Levin reviewed: 1 to 1 Bladesmithing or Blacksmithing

"Recently had the pleasure of completing this course and Iain and David were fantastic. One hell of an experience and a beautiful blade sat proudly at home"

Martin Munden reviewed: 1 to 1 Bladesmithing or Blacksmithing

"Bladesmithing course with Dave and Ian , I was a complete noice, we were shown examples to give us an idea of what we were making. Good paced learning where a step was demo’d and then we had a go. Format worked well , having two craftsmen share their knowledge was great , they can salvage anything that goes wrong . We all produced a knife , had fun heating and hammering a bar into handle and then forming a blade , we learn news skills , had an appreciation of the furnace, working temperatures, hammering techniques . I would high recommend this course. Only recommendation is location offer more courses and opportunities for others to participate ."

Robin Hollands reviewed: 1 to 1 Bladesmithing or Blacksmithing

"I very much enjoyed my introduction to bladesmithing today, despite the rain! We were shown how to make "Yorkshire" Viking knives, which included a fair bit of blacksmithing in the handles, as well as forging the blades themselves. The instructors were great; knowledgeable and helpful and able to fix up the various little mistakes we all made at some point. There's a lot to cover in a day and things did get a little rushed towards the end, but we all went home with unique creations, and a better appreciation of the craft. Highly recommended."

Paul KEITH reviewed: 1 to 1 Bladesmithing or Blacksmithing

"Well run and thoroughly enjoyable"

Martin Rollin reviewed: 1 to 1 Bladesmithing or Blacksmithing

"This course was booked as a gift from my Wife. Blacksmithing is some thing I have wanted to try for a long time. The course didn't get off to a good start as we started an hour late with no explanation or information as to why, however once we started it was brilliant, Tim and his staff were helpful informative and really showed a passion for their trade. This showed in the demos and ease in which they gave help and advice throughout the day nothing was too much trouble and no question went unanswered. We more than made up for the late start at the end of the day. Thanks once again To Tim and his team for an excellent day I would certainly book on another one of his courses"