Sheathes and Pouches. Book on both day courses and save money!
Sheath Making. Come and learn how to make sheath for your knife, axe, billhook, etc. Using the same quality leather I do in my sheathes you can wet-form, decorate and sew custom clothing for your blade! Enough leather will be provided for a 6" or less knife, but if you want to sheath something bigger I can sell you enough to do the job.
Max number of students: 8Price: £100
Leather Pouch Making. Come and learn how to make yourself a leather pouch, ideal for keeping bushcrafty bits or any thing else in really! We will be using high quality English leather and you will have the opportunity to decorate the leather too.
Max number of students: 8Price: £100
Price for BOTH days: £180
Basic Tool Sharpening and Axe Use Book on both day courses and save money!
Basic sharpening course. On this 1-day course you will learn to sharpen straight edges such as knives, chisels, and axes. Other tools can be described, but time is limited. I also offer a 2-day course that covers more types of cutting edge and in more detail.
Some sharpening equipment will also be available for purchase.
Max number of students: 6Price: £90
Number of places left: 6
Axe Use and Maintenance. So you’ve bought an axe, now what? I’m offering you the chance to learn about different types of axe and how to use them to their fullest. We will cover Axe Identification, Axe Safety, Felling a tree, Snedding the tree and Converting the tree into useful things. The conversion will include splitting a tree with gluts, hewing the tree into a flat board/beam and then carving something a little more ornate (or useful!). The specifics of the course can be tailored to the interests of the group on the day.
I will also have a stock of axes for you to try a range of styles. It is particularly important if you have not yet settled on an axe to try a few out!
Max number of students: 6Price: £90
Price for BOTH days: £150
3 Day Knife Making course. Using the iron Age forges we will take a piece of spring steel and turn it into a fine quality knife, all forged and heat treated on the first day. On the second day we turn to our handles, which will be of some great British wood or antler. Day three is the sheath making day. Each of our knives will go home with a custom made sheath made from the same heavy duty veg tanned leather that I use. If the inspiration and time are willing then you can decorate the sheath to make it all the more special. All of the work will be done without the aid of power (who needs that?!), but in the end we ill have a fine quality and razor sharp knife!
Max number of students: 6Price: £280
Number of places left: 6
Bow Making. Come to the woods and make yourself a fine shooting bow. Starting with simple staves of ash (from the woodland around us!) we will carve, shape, tiller and smooth our bows. In the evening we can set to making strings and the arrows which we will be able to shoot from our bows at the end of the course! This is a very full on course, but well worth the effort. We will be making European Flatbows, a design which over 6000 years old, yet still out shoots the famous English longbow!! We can finish off the course by shooting around my own field archery course.
Max Number of students: 6Price: £200
Arrow making. Separate to the bow making course, this is purely about the projectiles. We will be making a few good arrows from scratch. Most archers shoot arrows assembled from shop-bought parts (as we will on the bow making course),but on this one day course I shall teach you to make arrows from shoots of hazel. We shall straighten and true the shafts, fletch and cut goose feathers and cut self nocks, finally fitting a durable steel point (these are bought in, though I will have some handmade ones available). This course is open to all, but particularly appropriate for those coming on the bow making course: you can make arrows to match your prehistoric bow! We can finish off the course by shooting around my own field archery course.
Max number of students: 6Price: £90
2 Day Knife Making course. Using the iron Age forges we will take a piece of spring steel and turn it into a fine quality knife, all forged and heat treated on the first day. On the second day we turn to our handles, which will be of some great British wood. Lastly you will get the chance to sharpen your knife and give it a go. All of the work will be done without the aid of power (who needs that?!), but in the end we ill have a fine quality and razor sharp knife!
Max number of students: 6Price: £200
Number of places left: 6
Sheath Making. The third day of this knifemaking course is being opened up to a couple of extra places to allow previous students to make a sheath for the knife that they made previously. So if you have already attended a course with me and want to make a sheath, then here is your chance!
Max number of students: 6 Price: £80 (When booked with the knifemaking course)
Axe Making weekend. Using the Iron Age forges we will forge out small axe heads (hatchets) and heat treat them on day one. Day two will be concerned with fitting and shaping the handles (made from locally grown cleft ash), finishing with the all important sharpening and testing of our new tools!
Max number of students: 6Price: £200
Number of places left: 4
Sharpening for Bookbinders. A bespoke course aimed at bookbinders, a craft that requires extremely fine edges and some unique tools. I can teach you how to properly regrind your damaged tools as well as how to sharpen and tune them to work better. Some of the most common tools binders ask me to sharpen are paring knives and spokeshaves, so they are the top of the list; but other tools such as gilding scrapers, lifting knives and mount cutters can be covered.
Some sharpening and bookbinding equipment will also be available for purchase.
Max number of students: 8Price: £90
Number of places left: 8
No courses this month as I'm away demonstrating for most of it!
Knife and Axe Making. This is a chance to make both an axe and a knife using my Ancient Forges. Day one will be the forging and heat treating of a knife blade. Day two is the fitting, shaping and finishing of a handle made from one of our many beautiful native hardwoods. Day three is back to the forge and an axe head is born. Day four, the axe handle is made from a piece of cleft ash. Day five is leatherwork, where both of the new sharp things have sheathes made from good thick veg tanned leather. The axe and knife will get sharpened up as time allows through the week, but they WILL be sharp before you leave!
This course comprises both my 3 day Knife making course and my 3 day Axe making course. All in one neat package and with a saving of £60!
Max number of students: 6Price: £500
Number of places left: 6
Blacksmithing Basics. This is an introduction to blacksmithing with a twist, you will be using Iron Age and Saxon forges. The only real difference with this compared to other taster blacksmithing courses is that you will spend some of your time pumping bellows and there are no power tools to call upon. Otherwise it's just the same stuff! Last year such items as spoons, toasting forks, pokers and keyrings were made.
Max number of students: 6Price: £200
Number of places left: 6
Bow Making. Come to the woods and make yourself a fine shooting bow. Starting with simple staves of ash (from the woodland around us!) we will carve, shape, tiller and smooth our bows. In the evening we can set to making strings and the arrows which we will be able to shoot from our bows at the end of the course! This is a very full on course, but well worth the effort. We will be making European Flatbows, a design which over 6000 years old, yet still out shoots the famous English longbow!! We can finish off the course by shooting around my own field archery course.
Max Number of students: 6Price: £200
Arrow making. Separate to the bow making course, this is purely about the projectiles. We will be making a few good arrows from scratch. Most archers shoot arrows assembled from shop-bought parts (as we will on the bow making course),but on this one day course I shall teach you to make arrows from shoots of hazel. We shall straighten and true the shafts, fletch and cut goose feathers and cut self nocks, finally fitting a durable steel point (these are bought in, though I will have some handmade ones available). This course is open to all, but particularly appropriate for those coming on the bow making course: you can make arrows to match your prehistoric bow! We can finish off the course by shooting around my own field archery course.
Max number of students: 6Price: £80
Number of places left: 6
Tool Sharpening courses Book on both day courses and save money!
Basic sharpening course. The first day of this course is almost identical to the Basic 1-day course that I also offer. On it you will learn to repair ( grind out damage) and sharpen simple edges such as knives, chisels, and axes.
Some sharpening equipment will also be available for purchase.
Max number of students: 6Price: £90
Number of places left: 6
Further sharpening course. On this second of the two days we will cover some of the more obscure cutting edges that are commonly used. Such as curved guages, scissors, saws, augers and specialist tools such as those used for greenwoodworking and other crafts (for example, I ran a bespoke two day course just for book binders' tools last year!).
We will also go into a little more detail about the care and refurbishment of the tools that you bring with you. If time allows and the group are interested this could include removing and refitting handles and the like.
Some sharpening equipment will also be available for purchase.
Max number of students: 6Price: £90
Number of places left: 6
Price for BOTH days: £150
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Primitive Bowmaking
The bow that we are going to make is the European flatbow, along the lines of the Meare Heath and Holmeguard bows. These bows predate the longbow by several thousand years and are actually more efficient and (in my opinion at least) more fun to shoot. Over the course of the weekend we will turn a stave of English Ash from my woodland (other native woods may also be on offer) into a beautiful working bow. Since I'm not a master bowyer, I have enlisted the expertise of David Sinfiled to tutor this course. David's website can be seen here.
Saturday will be concerned with the rough shaping and primary tillering of the bow. We are going to be using handtools that haven't changed much in a very long time: axes, drawknives, rasps and scrapers. Then around the campfire in the evening we can make a couple of arrows and a layed in bowstring (both skills in their own right!).
On sunday we can finish the shaping and tillering to produce a bow that will shoot straight! We should have plenty of time to get a bit of practice in at the range and we may even get out into the field archery course.
This is a fantastic value for money course. Most other bowmaking courses I've looked at cost well over £200 and you make the usual boring longbow. Here you get to make a unique and more ancient type of bow, your own string and your own arrows! And you get to shoot around my field archery course for free! What more could you want?
Location: My Woodland workshop just outside Cheriton Bishop, Devon.
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Arrow Making
Most archers assemble their own arrows as it's a cheaper way of buying arrows and allows you to tune them to your specific requirements. Making arrows from shop bought parts is easy and only takes about 15 minutes per arrow, this course is different.
Starting with natural hazel sunshoots,we will scrape off the bark and straighten the shafts over a small fire. Then we can smooth the shafts down with abrasives to make them more uniform in size and shape, smoothing them down as we go. After carrefully cutting self nocks in one end we can begin the fletching. I will provide some feathers for fletching, these will need to be cut to shape and size and glued and/or whipped in place. Finally we can glue on a steel pile, these can be either store bought piles or one that I have made myself. I may even be able to conjure up some stone (slate rather than flint I'm afraid), bone and antler to tip our Primitive Arrows with this time! All materials are included in the price for this course.
Assuming that we all have at least one good arrow to shoot, we can then try out our handiwork at the range. Then off we go to the field archery course, if you are feeling confident in your skill as an archer and arrowsmith/fletcher!
Location: In my woodland near Cheriton Bishop in Devon.
Max number of students: 6Price:
Leather Possibles Pouch
Many bushcraft enthusiasts carry a 'possibles pouch', this is simply a pouch to carry those basic essentials such as fire lighting kit, pocket knife, first aid kit, etc. Of course, you don't have to use a leather pouch for bushcraft, it is a very useful extra pockt or small storage space when out and about. Many Living History and Role Players carry out of character object in a case on their belt. Likewise I know several people who carry a first aid kit with them at all times, this is a more elegant way to carry things!
During this one day course, you will be able to wet form a pouch from vegetable tanned leather. It can be decorated and dyed a colour of your choice and then sewn up with a belt loop on the rear. At the end of the day you will have a finished pouch to carry all your loose change and car keys!
Location: My Woodland workshop just outside Cheriton Bishop, Devon.
Max number of students: 8Price:
Knifemaking Course
Using the tools of the original Masters of Iron, I invite you to my woodland workshop to make yourselves a sturdy, functional knife. On the saturday we will forge out blades from bars of tool steel using ground level Iron Age forges, followed by hardening and tempering in the fire. On sunday we will selcet a piece of handle material (wood, antler, horn, etc), drill it, fit it and glue it with natural glues (or epoxy if you prefer!). The handles can then be shaped, sanded and decorated using simple handtools, oiling the natural materials to keep them in good order. Finally we will sharpen the knives so that they can do ther job properly!
Take a look at the full description of an Iron Age knife course above for more details!
Location: My Woodland workshop just outside Cheriton Bishop, Devon.
Max number of students: 6Price:
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Feast Weekend
On this course I shall be teaching a whole range of primitive skills, including forgework, green woodwork, firelighting (real flint and steel), natural cordage making, wild food identification and prehistoric cooking! I will be providing the bulk of the food, but please feel free to bring along anything you think the group would like to try as well. Now how is that for value for money!
The aim of the weekend is to spend the saturday and sunday making equipment in preparation for a feast on sunday evening. Just so that nobody feels they have to rush away from the meal early, everyone is free to stay overnight in the woods! Here is an idea of what we will be doing:
Saturday - Iron Work, all made using the Iron Age forges
Toasting or eating forks
Eastern style kebab skewers
Sunday (daytime) - Green Woodwork, fire and food
Fashion a wooden eating board (like a trencher) from a cleft log
Make a length of cordage to suspend utensils or tie them together
Carve wooden spoon (from same log as board)
Learn to light a fire with a traditional flint and steel (we need to cook on something!)
Help to search the woods for wild food
Sunday (evening) - The Feast
Prepare and cook food
Make bread
Make soft cheese
Cook kebabs over the embers of a fire
A vegetable stew will be ticking away, eaten with your spoons?
The pit oven will have been cooking all afternoon with succulent parcels inside
Toast marshmallows
Eat, drink and be merry!
Monday (morning) - Decamp
pack up and leave in the daylight.
Max number of students: 6Price: £
Number of places left: 6
Magical Tools
In preparations for your Solstice Celebrations I’m offering the chance to come to my woods and make a variety of ritual objects from a range of materials. The actual course content will depend on the tastes of those that attend, but here is an idea of the sorts of things that we could make over the weekend:
Saturday: Metals. Heated in the Iron Age forges (charcoal fire)
Forged athame (from iron) blade
Beaten copper alter bowl
Scrying/dowsing pendants from copper or iron
Sunday: Wood and Antler
Wooden wands (can have other materials attached, carved, burnt, etc)
Wooden Staffs (as for wands)
Runes and talisman make of wood, stone, bark or antler
Wooden candlesticks (from tri-forked branches?)
Scrying/dowsing pendants from wood, stone or antler
All of the wood and stone used will be sourced in the woods, in fact if time allows I expect that students will be able to select and harvest it themselves. Everything that we make will be made using hand tools in the open air workshop of my lovely woodland. If you wish to bless you tools in the woods then you are welcome to do so of course. I shall have the tea-brewing fire going all day!
Max number of students: 6Price: £
Number of places left: 6
Axe Making
Day One: Forging the Axe head
All of the work here is done using hand tools and my Iron Age and Roman/Viking style forges. Starting with either a hammer head (brand new and of known steel type) or a pre-pierced bar of virgin steel, we will first open the eye up to the desired size for an axe, tomahawk or adze of your choice. Next the bar will be flattened and drawn out to form the basic shape of your preferred tool. So far this work will be done in small teams with one holding the metal and any appropriate tools, while another strikes with a sledge hammer: this is how heavy forge work has been done for millennia before the advent of ‘cheap’ power hammers.
Once the rough shape has been formed it is up to you to refine it and do the final forging with a hand hammer and the surface of your anvil. After the blade has been thinned and bent to the correct shape, the eye can be reshaped and dressed to the correct shape and size once again. Then it’s down to hand filing to do any tidying up that you feel is necessary, but not too much as we also need to heat treat the axe head so that it will hold an edge without rolling or chipping in use.
Day Two: Shaping and fitting the handle.
I will present you with a selection of very roughly hewn handles made from ash, which once stood in the vicinity of the workshop. The handles will be seasoned and dry so there shouldn’t be any problems with loose heads in the future. From the billets you will need to decide on what shape and size your handle will be, and then methodically carve it down using axes, drawknives, rasps, shaves and the like. Once shaped, I’ll show you how to fit it to your axe head accurately and how to correct any twisting that may have been forged in by accident ;-) The virtually finished handle can then be secured with a hardwood wedge and the handles oiled to keep them in good shape for many years to come.
Once the axe is finished I will show you how to grind and sharpen your axe/adze to the optimum edge for whatever jobs you have in mid for it. Then, time allowing I can show you how to use your axe safely and efficiently (though I run a FULL day course for that during the year!)
Location: My Woodland workshop in Cheriton Bishop, Devon.
Max number of students: 6Price: £
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Axe Using
This is an introduction to safe and efficient use of axes. During this one day course I’ll teach you how to identify the correct axe for the job in hand and then how to carry, store, handle and care for it correctly. We will look at safe and unsafe working practice at each stage and then the efficient and correct way to handle the tool. I’ll touch on sharpening and general maintenance but that is another course in it’s own right!
After meeting the range of axes (and some adze too) that I have for you to try out, we will use each tool for it intended purpose. The finer details of which tools and techniques to work on will be based on the preferences of the group, but here are some examples of what we can cover (if there is something else you are interested in, then just say!):
Splitting logs (splitting maul, etc)
Splitting kindling (hatchets, etc)
Felling trees (felling axe and the obligatory SFA)
Limbing and dismember the tree (as above and hatchets)
Cleaving trees (axes and wedges)
Hewing a beam (side axe, felling axe and adze)
Hollowing a form such as bowl or seat (hatchets and adze)
Carving (hatchet and side axe)
Max number of students: 8Price: £
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Spear Making Course
Using the Iron Age forges and a range of hand tools we can make a few good throwing spears. These have lightweight heads are designed to be thrown at oncoming enemies or prey, but today we use them for target sports (like darts, only bigger!). With luck we will be able to make three spears each, so we can have a proper game of Spear Darts! The spearheads will be made from EN45 spring steel and heat treated for toughness, so if they hit a rock they will suffer less damage than mild steel versions. This course would be great for re-enactors and those with a fascination in ancient arms and armour, as well as those who just enjoy target sports.
Saturday – Spearheads (using the Iron Age forges)
(After safety briefing)
Forge small spear heads
File the heads to a finished shape
Heat treat the heads for toughness
Sunday – Shafts
Carve spear shaft from cleft ash
Fit and finish the spears
Learn to throw at a vertical target
Location: My Woodland workshop just outside Cheriton Bishop, Devon.
Max number of students: 6Price:
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Basic Tool Sharpening
This 1-day course will cover how to sharpen and maintain simple edged tools, such as knives, axes, chisels and billhooks. Following a demonstration of how to sharpen each tool, you will have to chance to practice on your own tools. As the day goes on I can show you alternative methods that may work better for you, that way you are garunteed to go home having learned at least one technique that works for you! We will only use the kind of tools and materials for the sharpening process that you are likely to have in the shed or that you can easily get from the local hardware store without spending a fortune.
So far everyone who has been on one of these courses has fealt that they left with a new confidence as well as some nice sharp tools! I can also offer advice on the general upkeep of your tools and sharpening kit (some sharpening kit will be available for pusrchase on the day). I offer a 2-day course in which the second day covers such tools as scissors, saws and the refurbishment of handles.
Max number of students: 8Price: £
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(Not just) Spoon Carving
After selecting a piece of green wood we will sit down to some carving. The goal is to finish up with a beautiful and useful range of eating utensils including at least one spoon (be it teaspoon of ladle), but along the way I will teach you how to use axes, knives and hooked knives safely and efficiently. I'll also go into the sharpening of the tools, wood selection and treating the treen that you make so that it lasts for years. Cups (kuksa if you prefer) and dishes are also on the cards.
I've set this out as a one or two day course, so if people would just like to get a taster of greenwood work then they can.
Saturday - tool use and simple carving projects
How to use the cutting tools safely
How to sharpen the tools
Wood selection
Splitting a log into useful parts
Carving a board
Spreading knife
Spatula
Sunday - More carving and finishing
Carving a spoon from the log
Carving a bowl or cup (kuksa if you like.
Aftercare for your wooden treasures
Max number of students: 8Price:
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Bells and Bangles
On this course you are given the opertunity to make a variety of personal addornments out of steel, brass and/or copper using the Iron Age forge and a range of hand tools. All of this is done in my woodland workshop near Exeter in Devon.
Those of who do a bit of living histroy or live roleplay (LRP) love to make your own kit, but often the metal work is out of your reach due tothe specialist equipment needed. This course gives you the opertunity to make yourself a few bits ready for the 2008 season! The items that we make will be in determined by the interests of the group, but can include those pictured above. When I am at shows I often have a range of penanular brooches, belt buckles, keyrings/pendants, torcs and bracelets out for sale. Normally forged in iron (well steel), many of these objects can be made from copper or brass aswell depending on your tastes. After the forging we can decorate the items using a selection of punches and chisels or files. We may even try a little colouring using brass or copper and the heat of the fire ;-)
The length of the course is flexible so that if you decide that you would like to make more small pieces or a more involved object, then you can do. Even if you don't book onto the second day in advance, you have the option to stay on if you feel that you would like to. All materials are included in the price.
Max number of students: 6Price: £
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Knife and Axe Use
This course is aimed at those who would like to learn how to use sharp tools more efficiently or safely. It is also aimed at those who teach others/ work with groups who use sharp tools; such as scout leaders, youth workers, BTCV volunteers, the Police, etc.
During the course of this weekend you will be introduced to the main types of tool likely to be encountered by youth groups (if your group has other tools, then please let me know and they can be incorporated), how to store them, sharpen and maintain them and then the actual use. We will go through the safe methods of use as well as danger signs to watch out for, before actually using the tools and practicing some basic exercises that can be taught to others to familiarise them with sharp tools. Notes on the course are available afterwards if you would like to keep them for your records.
Here is an idea of what we will be doing:
Saturday - Study and Maintenance of Tools
Sharpening and general maintenance of:
knives
axes
saws (bowsaws, two-man saws and handsaws)
Tool ID and nomenclature
Tool Selection (some mention of brand names, but more about the correct tool for the job)
Knife/Axe etiquette
tool storage (during and after use)
Sunday (daytime) - Cutting Techniques and Exercises
Axes:
chopping standing and fallen wood
splitting firewood
carving
exercises using axes (to help familiarise yourselves with a tool, or just for giggles )
Knives:
basic cutting techniques
more advanced techniques (more suited to scout age and upwards than cubs)
exercises using knives (small whittling projects that can be taken indoors or around a camp fire)
Saws:
felling trees
crosscutting with various saws (bowsaws, pull saws and two man saws)
splitting wood with a saw (if you don't have an axe, a saw will do the job)
Max number of students: 8Price:
Charcoal Making
My charcoal supplier has retired one of his kilns in my woods so that we can offer courses in making the stuff! The process of charcoal production is a time consuming and skilled art that cannot be rushed, but by working on a smaller scale it is possible to produce your own at home. 'Black Alex' will explain the principles of the burn, timber processing, charcoal grading and refining, etc while we work on two seperate kilns.
The large kiln will have a pre-burnt charge of charcoal for us to work through the sorting and grading, before restacking with wood and setting the burn off. This will be managed throughout the day. This way you get to see the complete process at full size, only backwards as it would take too long to finish a burn of this size.
We will also have some oil drums around. While the large kiln is doing its thing, Alex will show you a few simple ways to produce charcoal at home. The oil drum can be turned into a small kiln that is capable of supplying charcoal for all your barbecue needs this summer! You will stack and burn the wood in the morning and with luck by the end of the day there should be a good charge of finished charcoal for you to grade and bag.
At the end of the course, along with the knowledge and understanding of the charcoal making process, you will be able to take away a bag of freshly produced charcoal! All of the wood used during this course will be from the trees cut so that I could build my workshop in 2008.
Location: My Woodland workshop just outside Cheriton Bishop, Devon.
Hamons:
Advanced (Primitive) Bladesmithing
In previous years I’ve been asked to put on more advanced courses for people who want to have a go at forging slightly different blades. So this year I have introduced two such courses: Hamons and Daggers.
The course offers you the chance to make a properly posh blade to take away with you, using only basic hand tools and my Ancient forges. A Hamon is the wavy line often seen on Japanese blades and is the result of a very specific differential hardening process involving a clay coating. By the careful use of clay, correct heating and quenching, followed by polishing and etching the blade this line can be quite spectacular with lots of ‘activity’ possible! There a selection of knives with hamons in my knife gallery for more of an idea
Saturday:
Forge a blade from a piece of virgin tool steel. (your design, of course)
Refine the shape and surface with files and a sen (Japanese scraper/drawknife type tool)
Grind the blade to a good finish with handstones to prevent cracking during heat treat (and make clean up easier)
Sunday:
Mix a clay coating
Apply the clay that will guide the hamon
Harden the blade (oil or water for the brave!) followed by tempering
Refinsh the blade with stones and sandpaper
Etch with some acid to see what you have in the blade!
If time allows refinishing in a variety of ways is recommended as each blade has it’s own character and etching with different acids at different levels of finish will often bring out a range of very interesting features.
Previous experience of bladesmithing is vital for this course as the blade forging cannot take all day but must be done in the morning! Preferably students will already have been on a knifemaking course with me, that way I know how you have been taught and that you are capable! We have to forge the blade in half the time and good control of the forge is essential.
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Wood Carving Tools
Day One: Forging the Blades
Using the Iron Age and Roman/Saxon forges and a selection of hand tools, we will forge a small sloyd style carving knife blade and a selection of crooked or spoon carving hooks. How many you make will depend on how well you take to the forging ;-)
Day Two: shaping and heat treating
The rough blades that were forged on day 1 will be filed to their final shapes before heat treating in the forges. Once heat treated we can begin fitting handles of local (about 100m away) ash wood.
Day Three: Handles
The handles that we (hopefully) will start fitting on day 2 will be shaped and the knives sharpened for use!
Days Four and Five: Carving
Now that we have the tools, its time to start carving. Depending on the desires of the group and how much carving you have done before, this will start out as a simple spatula and can progress through spoons and cups if you like. If there is something in particular that you would like to carve then let me know and we shall see what can be done! ;-)
