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If you'd rather, you can reach us directly by phone:
Mike - 617 230 9572 or Carl - 781 608 0900


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For the moment (and this is temporary) call 7 ate won 6 oh ate oh 9 hundred instead. AFTER 10am.

Yup, we're doing what we can to reopen safely
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Prospect Hill Forge is a teaching smithy
located in Waltham, Massachusetts.

We offer:


To register for a class:

  1. Have a look at the column to the right, or go to the calendar.
  2. Click on a class name (or picture) and another window will open.
  3. Scroll down until you find a date and time you like,
  4. Click the "Click Here..." link,
  5. Follow the instructions when you get there.
Note: ALL CLASSES ARE TAUGHT AT OUR WALTHAM LOCATION(s)...
or Online...
or at your place (our Forge-to-Go classes)

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RSS feeds for classes and events
To help you find out when the class you've been waiting for gets scheduled on our calendar, we've created RSS feeds for each class, and one for all our events and activites (classes, open houses, demos...).
(What is RSS, why do I care, and how do I use it?)

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All PHF Events

(Our RSS feeds update
a few minutes after midnight
every night.)

 
These are the next few classes for beginners,
and events of interest.

Click the class name for more information.
Or view our Full Calendar to see everything we have scheduled.

Open House at Prospect Hill Forge
Not a class, but a chance to see the place and socialize a bit -

Saturday, December 14
4:00pm to 10:00pm
(2024)


 
Fire and Hammerskills
A Chance to Get Better at It - $85

Friday, November 22
2:00pm to 5:00pm
(2024)


... and 1 more is on the calendar.

 
A Taste of Blacksmithing
A single-session introductory class - $85

Sunday, December 15
2:00pm to 5:00pm
(2024)


... and 1 more is on the calendar.

 
A Forged Iron Bottle Opener
A single-session introductory class - $85

Monday, November 18
1:00pm to 4:00pm
(2024)


... and 4 more are on the calendar.

 
A Tween's First Taste of Blacksmithing
Our intro class formatted specifically for tweens (ages 11, 12, 13). - $100

Monday, December 23
1:00pm to 4:00pm
(2024)


... and 2 more are on the calendar.

 
Open Smithy
A time to do your own things - $25 /hr, $225 /10hr package

Saturday, November 9
10:00am to 1:00pm
(2024)


... and 13 more are on the calendar.

 
Rudiments of Blacksmithing I
The beginning of learning the basics of blacksmithing (4 weeks) - $390

Weekly on Fridays, November 8 to November 22 so far - Private class for Seaport Academy
10:00am to 1:00pm
(2024)


... and 1 more is on the calendar.

 
Nothing but Knives
We make a practice knife (letter-opener) and a knife. Annealed, hardened, and differentially tempered. - $375

Weekly on Mondays, November 18 to December 2 - Private Class for Evan's Crew
6:30pm to 9:30pm
(2024)


 

A video by and of Mark Oribello, one of our advanced students and Open Smithy monitors:

We also have a Youtube channel with (as of 20221217) six videos, and more to come.

Facemasks & Sourdough

There was a lot of interest in these in the depth of the pamdammit:

Here's my page about my design for a mask more suited to the bearded face,
(which does also work on un-bearded faces, the beard is not required for proper functioning)

And if you're making pleated rectangular masks, here's a design for a simple-to-make (cardboard and tape) pleating tool that just might speed you up.

And my No-Waste Procedure for maintaining and using a sourdough starter.

- On the South side of Guinan Street, toward the Eastern end - Waltham - Massachusetts -
- P.O.Box 541372 - 02454 -
781 816 9433 (781 81 oxide)
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