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

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
Add yourself to the Notification List for this class.
(The notification list gets emailed soon after classes are put on the schedule.)

Tuesday, September 16
6:30pm to 9:30pm
(2025)

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Saturday, September 20
7:00pm to 10:00pm
(2025)

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