Saturday and Sunday 9 am – 4 pm A knife is perhaps the most basic, elemental tool, and a good chef’s knife will make a big difference in the kitchen. Forged properly from a good carbon steel and ground and honed to a razor edge, the Japanese-style blade will give many years of reliable, versatile […]
Saturday and Sunday 9 am – 4 pm In this class, we will forge an axe out of a square bar of high-carbon steel, stamp it with your initials, harden and temper it and grind and polish it to a razor edge. It will become your go-to axe to swing whenever chopping wood becomes necessary. […]
Saturday and Sunday 9 am – 4 pm In this class, we will forge a practical, beautiful Damascus knife using a 3/4″ diameter steel cable. Students will fuse the cable into a billet, and will proceed to forge it into a knife. The top quality steel cables consist of allows us to make a high-performance […]
Saturday and Sunday 9 am – 4 pm In this class we will forge a 4-inch blade, camping/utility knife from a single bar of high-carbon steel. This type of knife is very solid and versatile, and can be used while camping, for daily use, or in the kitchen. Skills learned include hand-forging a blade and […]
Saturday-Sunday 8am - 3pm In this class, we will forge a double-edged sword, using a combination of hand-hammering, striking with a sledgehammer, and pneumatic power hammer work. In spite of having been apprenticed to a sword maker in Japan, I have long resisted offering a sword class. However, I confess that as a kid, I […]
Saturday and Sunday 9 am – 4 pm The making of tools has always been one of the mainstays of a blacksmith’s set of skills. Not only is the smith expected to make most of their own tools — traditionally, a smith would make the tools for every other trade and craft, from a nail […]
Saturday and Sunday 8am – 3pm The traditional Japanese sushi knife is constructed of two layers of steel — a soft, low-carbon body fused to a very hard, high carbon cutting edge. The result is a blade of truly awesome sharpness, as the soft body allows the cutting edge to be much harder than a […]
Saturday 9am – 4pm in this class, we will forge various spoons out of a stainless steel bar, creating unique, beautiful and useful kitchen tools. We will employ both hand hammers and a pneumatic power hammer, allowing for a very varied and productive experience. This is a fun class, which also imparts a lot of […]
