Red Anvil School of Blacksmithing reviews

Adrian Handley reviewed: Blacksmithing experience - spend a day in the forge

"I went on this course as a complete novice and with pretty much no craft skills and was joined by 5 others all with various levels of competence, yet Dave with his right-hand man made this a great day for everyone. We were given decent coffee (a pleasant surprise!) and biscuits to start with. Then a nice brief overview of the day and it was immediately into the fire. There we continued with support as and when we needed, continual encouragement and the reminder that you can't go wrong making something unique! Lunch in the pub was a needed respite but it was soon back to it. An overall great day, good fun and a lot of learning without ever feeling too uncomfortable. If you're contemplating this course - stop and just book it you won't regret it"

Red Anvil School of Blacksmithing responded:

"Thank you Adrian, for your kind words, your review is much appreciated. Hope to see you on another of the Red Anvil courses. Kind regards Richard"

Paul Le Baigue reviewed: Blacksmithing experience - spend a day in the forge

"I really enjoyed my day with Richard. Lunch great. We were well looked after. I would have loved 2 days!!"

dave john reviewed: Blacksmithing experience - spend a day in the forge

"Had a thoroughly enjoyable and informative day at Red Anvil. Richard is a true artisan and very worthy of the title 'Master Blackmith'. 6 on the course, 6 forges available so no wasted time waiting for your 'go' with the fire, Richard constantly on hand to instruct and inform as required, made sure we did the job ourselves. On other courses i have had an instructor complete things by demonstrating, not just explaining the technique and then letting me get on with it and ultimately achiveing the desired result. Lunch at the pub was great, plenty of tea nad biscuits what more could you ask for. If you want an introduction to blacksmithing i highly recommend you get down to Totnes and do it at Red Anvil!"

Red Anvil School of Blacksmithing responded:

"Thank you Dave, you made my task of tutoring very easy and really enjoyable. Hope to see you again sometime. Regards Richard"

Bex Radford reviewed: Blacksmithing experience - spend a day in the forge

"My husband and I both attended the one day Blacksmithing course in October and were blown away by the day. Set in a fabulous location, working with Richard -an amazing artist/ blacksmith, was an brilliant birthday present. The day was packed full of time to learn and time to experiment and develop our own skills. Accompanied by good coffee and a lovely lunch the day was perfect. Richard shared his wealth of skills and techniques, encouraging us to try and apply learnt techniques throughout the day. This really is a craft to be experienced and not to be missed. Thank you Richard."

Red Anvil School of Blacksmithing responded:

"Thank you Rebecca, your review is brilliant, what a lovely couple of days blacksmithing. I hope the pieces you both made have been much admired. It is a little early, but have a lovely Christmas break. Kind regards Richard"

Ian Pain reviewed: Blacksmithing experience - spend a day in the forge

"Fantastic few days, encouraged by an extremely skilled yet humble man. Thanks Richard for an experience not to be missed. I am very pleased with the pentagram you showed techniques to enable me to complete. All the best Ian"

colin wares reviewed: Blacksmithing experience - spend a day in the forge

"Having spent my entire working life in the metal working industry I was not sure whether this would give me that much pleasure. How incredibly wrong was I. It was beyond good, it was fantastic. I enjoyed every minute in the company of probably the best Blacksmith in the UK. Very informative whilst allowing most of the time at the forge for a hands on metal crafting experience. highly serious on safety but making it a great fun day for me and the other three on the course. We all made something to take home which will be a lasting reminder of a all round great day."