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Cooking Forks

In this class we will make a long-handled two-tined fork suitable for cooking at the grille or over the campfire (the top and bottom forks in this picture have turned some truly yummy steaks on campout).
This fork design can also be modified slightly to serve as a most excellent marshmallow toasting fork (S'mores anyone?).

The techniques involved will be splitting, drawing out, curling & bending, and if there's time, twisting. Check the bottom of the
Gallery page for a picture of student work.

3 hours    one meeting  

Gift Certificates for Cooking Forks are available.

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Instructor: Carl West
Fee: $105 per student
Class size is limited to 4 students (one 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 previous smithing experience required, but if you've taken "A Taste..." that would be good. This project requires more patience and delicacy than strength of arm.

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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