Classes listed below the following information..
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Saturday
Blacksmith
Fire Striker or a Utility Knife (a very small knife, blade 1.5″ long)
You will learn to use an anvil, hammer, bellows, blower and tongs. We will work on techniques such as tapering, flattening, bending, twisting, heat treating (hardening and tempering) and selective cooling. Knives will be tempered Saturday night (baked in a toaster oven -attendance not required). Leather gloves, natural fibre clothing, safety glasses and closed toe shoes are required.
- Class length – 2 hours
- Class size – 4
- Cost – $10
- Instructors – Penda and Sibylla
Class is limited to teens and adults. Please note the safety equipment required.
3 Piece Cutlery set – Part 1
You will learn to use an anvil, hammer, bellows, blower and tongs. We will use both coal and charcoal and learn techniques such as tapering, flattening, bending, twisting, heat treating (hardening and tempering) and selective cooling. Leather gloves, natural fibre clothing, safety glasses and closed toe shoes are required.
We have had many requests to do this class so we are accepting up to 6. If we get that many, people will have to share forge/anvil time depending on what stage of the project they are at. No more than 4 people should be working at the same time so there may be some standing around waiting or returning later.
The general plan is making the knife from 12 to 2:30 and tine from 2:30 to 5 on Saturday. Everyone needs to have a knife made by the end of the day Saturday so we can temper them in a toaster oven that night (attendance not required). Sunday we will work on the spoon (the hardest item to make) and people can work on their sets until the end of the day. We will buff/wax the sets up with an electric drill and brass wheel as they are finished.
- Class length – 5 hours plus time on Sunday
- Class size – 6
- Cost: $30
- Instructors – Penda and Sibylla
- This class is limited to adults only. Please note the safety equipment required. There is a 2 day time requirement as well in order to complete this class.
Sunday
Blacksmith
Hook or Fire Poker
You will learn to use an anvil, hammer, bellows, blower and tongs. We will work on techniques such as tapering, flattening, bending, twisting and selective cooling. Class members are invited to email mark.pasley@gmail.com
in advance if they have a particular type of hook or fire poker they want to make. Leather gloves, natural fibre clothing, safety glasses and closed toe shoes are required.
- Class length: 2 hours
- Class size: 4
- Cost: 10$
- Instructors: Penda and Sibylla
This class is limited to teens and adults. Please note the safety equipment required.
3 Piece Cutlery Set – Part 2 continued
This is a continuation of the Saturday class. You must be registered in the Saturday class to access forge time and instruction for this project on Sunday. Forge time will be available from 12pm until everyone is finished. Please book Sunday times with the instructors.