Clarke Knives

Contact Name: Graham Clarke

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Unit 21, Lower Basset Down Workshops
Basset Down
Wroughton, Swindon
Wiltshire
SN4 9QP

Clarke Knives

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Bladesmithing experience day - Wiltshire

Bladesmithing experience day - Wiltshire

Wiltshire - Next course on 5th October 2019

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...

Bladesmithing weekend Wiltshire

Bladesmithing weekend Wiltshire

Wiltshire - Next course on 9th November 2019

Under the tutelage of Graham Clarke you will learn to make a fully useable carbon steel knife. During your first 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. On your second day you will:- *Attach handles to your knife from a selection of available materials (wood, Micarta, G10 etc)...

Knife Making Tuition - Wiltshire

Knife Making Tuition - Wiltshire

Under the tutelage of Graham Clarke you will learn to make a stainless steel, fixed blade knife by the stock removal method (no forging) or a carbon steel fixed blade by forging and flat grinding. You will also design and make a leather sheath for your knife. During day 1 you will:- * Cut the knife profile from sheet steel or forge it from steel plate. * Prepare the blank and heat-treat it * Hollow grind (flat grind for a forged knife), polish or satin finish the blade On Day...