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A Forged Iron Bottle Opener
A tip of the cap to the art of blacksmithing

This bottle opener is an excellent first project.

The student is introduced to the blacksmith's techniques of flattening, bending, hot-cutting, drawing-out to a taper, chamfering, more bending, and twisting (in that order).
This class also serves as a pre-requisite for classes that have "A Taste of Blacksmithing" as a pre-requisite.

In the end, the student can reasonably expect to have a pleasantly hefty handful of bottle-opening wonderfulness.

If you have a Gift Certificate for this class but none of these dates work for you, have a look at our A Taste of Blacksmithing class.
The skills taught are near-identical to those in this class, and we will happily apply a Bottle Opener Gift Certificate to the Taste class.

If you really enjoy this class, there is more you can do afterward.

Gift Certificates for A Forged Iron Bottle Opener are available.

3 hours, one meeting    dates&times

Instructor: Carl West
Tuition: $85 per student
Maximum 8 students, two per forge

Prerequisite:

Required: A rapid Covid test that day.
Yes, really, we're still asking for it in 2025.
It's still out there, and no fun at all.

No prior blacksmithing experience necessary or expected. 13 and older.
Younger students (11 to 13) will likely do better in A Tween's First Taste of Blacksmithing.

Please wear proper clothing for visiting or working in the forge:
- closed top shoes
(Preferably leather, preferably high-topped. Sneakers are sufficient... but sandals, crocs, pumps, mules... are not. If you can see the skin of your foot, or the foot of your socks, it's not good enough.)
- natural fiber clothing
(Synthetics are a risk because: IF a HOT thing touches them it's likely that the material will melt and stick to your flesh, making the burn even worse than it would be through a natural fiber.)
- long pants that cover the tops of the shoes.
(To keep hot coals and bits of steel from getting down into your shoes. Which I hear is a bunch of No Fun.) Click here for more safety information.


Dates and Times:
If none of the dates below work for you (or are already full), we suggest you
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(The notification list gets emailed soon after classes are put on the schedule.)

Saturday, July 19 - A Private Class for GE Engineers
1:00pm to 5:00pm
(2025)
  
So far, 11 students have applied to be in this A Forged Iron Bottle Opener class.
This class appears to be full and has 3 on the standby list.
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Monday, July 21 - Private Class for studio3e8
12:00am to 3:00pm
(2025)

So far, 6 students have applied to be in this A Forged Iron Bottle Opener class.
This class appears to be full and has 0 on the standby list.
Clicking the registration button below will let you add yourself to the standby list for this class in case someone drops out.
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Thursday, August 14
6:30pm to 9:30pm
(2025)

So far, 10 students have applied to be in this A Forged Iron Bottle Opener class.
This class appears to be full and has 2 on the standby list.
Clicking the registration button below will let you add yourself to the standby list for this class in case someone drops out.
If you'd like to add yourself to the Notification list for A Forged Iron Bottle Opener Click Here


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Sunday, August 17 -Private Class
6:30pm to 9:30pm
(2025)
  
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