Classes and Open Forge Calendar

Bridgetown Forge offers a variety of classes, for both a novice and the experienced smith: forging Japanese-style knives, tool-making, tong-making, and basic smithing. Heat-treatment, steel selection, and metallurgy are also extensively covered. Hofi’s ergonomic forging method, which allows for fast, accurate forging with reduced effort, is taught throughout, and the emphasis is on practical, straightforward, and effective shaping of steel. Our shop is well-equipped with multiple forging hammers, extensive grinding and polishing setup, gas and coke forges, and an individual forging station for every student. Nine students can be fully accommodated in any class.

New classes are being developed on a continuous basis, and classes to be offered in near future include: power hammer work, forging a cleaver, forging a sushi knife, hammer-making, and axe-making. The goal is to offer a complete curriculum covering the many different skills of a blacksmith.

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CLASS: Forging a Japanese Carpenter’s Hammer

March 22

Japanese Carpenter's Hammer

Sunday
9am – 4pm

In this class, we will forge a Japanese carpenter’s hammer, a very handsome and handy implement, found in the toolbox of every carpenter in Japan. Deceptively simple in shape, it is properly balanced and weighted, which makes it suitable for many tasks, such as driving chisels, hammering in nails, or tapping joinery into place. We will start with a 1 in.² block of steel, punch it through, draw out the cheeks, grind it, harden it, and attach a handle. Throughout the class, we will learn many hand-forging skills, as well as the proper use of a sledgehammer.

The class fee is $240, which includes all materials and supplies.

The class is limited to 8 students. 

No previous experience necessary.

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