(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 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 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 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. […]
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 […]
Saturday and Sunday 9 am – 4 pm This class is designed to introduce a beginner to the fundamentals of smithing techniques: drawing down, upsetting, cutting, slitting, punching, twisting and bending. This class seeks to impart a solid understanding of the various ways hot steel can be shaped with just a few simple tools. The students are […]
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 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 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 9am – 4pm In this class, we will make a Kiridashi knife, which is an essential implement in any Japanese carpenters tool kit. This versatile knife is used for marking, planing, whittling and any other woodworking task where controlled, precise work is required. We will start with a flat bar of high carbon steel, […]
Sunday 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 […]