Classes and Open Forge Calendar

NOVEMBER OPEN FORGE

Bridgetown Forge 1812 N. Columbia Blvd. Building A-2, Portland, Oregon, United States

(NOVEMBER MEMBERSHIP SESSIONS: Thursday, November 9 and 23, 2023) Please Note: Open Forge is always on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month, from 5:30 to 8:30pm. Students with previous class experience can work on their own projects in Bridgetown Forges Forge, practicing their craft, and forging elements, tools, and utensils of their choosing. […]

NOVEMBER OPEN FORGE

Bridgetown Forge 1812 N. Columbia Blvd. Building A-2, Portland, Oregon, United States

(NOVEMBER MEMBERSHIP SESSIONS: Thursday, November 9 and 23, 2023) Please Note: Open Forge is always on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month, from 5:30 to 8:30pm. Students with previous class experience can work on their own projects in Bridgetown Forges Forge, practicing their craft, and forging elements, tools, and utensils of their choosing. […]

DECEMBER OPEN FORGE

Bridgetown Forge 1812 N. Columbia Blvd. Building A-2, Portland, Oregon, United States

(DECEMBER MEMBERSHIP SESSIONS: Thursday, November 7 and 21, 2023) Please Note: Open Forge is always on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month, from 5:30 to 8:30pm. Students with previous class experience can work on their own projects in Bridgetown Forges Forge, practicing their craft, and forging elements, tools, and utensils of their choosing. […]

DECEMBER OPEN FORGE

Bridgetown Forge 1812 N. Columbia Blvd. Building A-2, Portland, Oregon, United States

(DECEMBER MEMBERSHIP SESSIONS: Thursday, November 7 and 21, 2023) Please Note: Open Forge is always on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month, from 5:30 to 8:30pm. Students with previous class experience can work on their own projects in Bridgetown Forges Forge, practicing their craft, and forging elements, tools, and utensils of their choosing. […]

CLASS: Forging a Rocker Knife

Bridgetown Forge 1812 N. Columbia Blvd. Building A-2, Portland, Oregon, United States

Saturday and Sunday 9 am – 4 pm In this fun class, you will forge a 6-inch, rocking knife out of a high-carbon steel bar, stamp it with your initials, clay-harden it to produce a Japanese-style differential heat treatment, temper it, and hand-hone it to a razor sharpness on a water stone. Rocking knives are […]

CLASS: Forging a Cable Damascus Knife

Bridgetown Forge 1812 N. Columbia Blvd. Building A-2, Portland, Oregon, United States

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 […]

CLASS: Tool Making

Bridgetown Forge 1812 N. Columbia Blvd. Building A-2, Portland, Oregon, United States

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 […]

CLASS: Forging a Camping/Utility Knife

Bridgetown Forge 1812 N. Columbia Blvd. Building A-2, Portland, Oregon, United States

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 […]