Knifemaking

Introduction to Forging

2 Day Course

 

A	B

This is a workshop based course,

Although certain elements are done outside,

The course starts at 9,00 am and finishes 5,00 pm on course days, The course fee covers transport to and from local Train Station and Airport on day of commencement and finish day, And transport to and from your B&B if required, although the B&B fee is not covered, Alternatively you could bring a small tent and camp out in a secluded area near us, We can point you in the right direction,

Also included in course fee is tea, coffee, biscuits etc

Course Content

Basically you will learn to take materials like picture A and over your 2 days transform them into a Basic knife cutting implement or tool, for instance apart from playing with nice flat bar we may take used steel like a leaf spring, horseshoe or old railway spikes turning them into a unique hand forged and hardened tool as shown in picture B,

You will be introduced to a coke forge and its correct operating manner, and probably more importantly we will show you how to make a 5 minute forge anywhere anytime, The reason we call it a 5 minute forge funny enough is it takes 5 minutes to make, light and be ready to take your steel, perfect if you dont want to spend out hundreds of pounds on coke or gas forges, We use this style forge in the field for many repairs and for retempering tools,

You will also take home some extra steel to practise as well as a 5 minute forge,

And we are always at the end of the phone or email for queries of past course participants,

These courses are very restricted in numbers, due to the intensive one on one guidance,

The available dates for this course for you to join in with a small number of other clients are on our dates page, but if there are a couple of you together email your preferred dates, preferably mid-week, Individual tuition is available in extreme cases but course fees may change slightly,

Next Date for this Course is       Fully Booked

Price  £239.00 per individual

£99 Deposit balance paid on arrival