One Day Forging a Knife

The one-day knife making course, at a blacksmiths, set in beautiful rural countryside in South Herefordshire and led by the expert team of craftsmen, who will guide and support you through each process of the design and forging of your own unique knife/s. The day runs for approximately 7 hours and is not for the faint hearted! Blacksmithing has been around for centuries, and it continues to forge on into the future as people carry on the long held traditions of this craft.

Examples of  the knives you can design and forge:

Kitchen knife | Hunting knife | Bush craft knife | Reenactment knife | Fishing knife  | Woodwork tool         

Knife Making Experience  - 6 Hours 

• Arrive 8:45 for 9am start
• Introduction and safety briefing
• Blacksmithing techniques before teaching you how to forge a knife – which, when finished, would be suitable to be either used (with care) or displayed (with pride). 
• One of the experts oversees your work and guide you through the process of hand forging and polishing your knife
• Take home your bespoke masterpiece

You will make and design a piece of bespoke ironmongery, from the master craftsman who will show you some of their techniques and guide you through the four main stages of the blacksmithing process: Heating, Holding, Hitting and Shaping, which  goes into the forging of your masterpiece.

 Lunch - To be paid at time of booking.

Enjoy lunch in either the Scandinavian Lodge or Shepherd’s Hut, please confirm at time of booking if you would like lunch included.