Nothing but Knives
In this class the student will start by learning the basic moves of
knife-making on a piece of mild steel, ending up with a letter-opener
if all goes well, and then move on to a piece of high-carbon spring
steel and make a small, simple, one piece knife, suitable for cooking,
eating, or general use.
Focus will be entirely on making a knife; only those tools,
techniques and concepts needed for knife making will be addressed. The
fires will be managed by the instructor.
Techniques include: straightening, drawing out, forging high-carbon
steel, twisting, flattening, annealing, filing, grinding, hardening,
and tempering.
9 hours in three 3 hour meetings dates×
Prerequisite:
Smithing experience is not *absolutely* required for this class but if you have not struck hot iron before we strongly recommend taking "A Taste of Blacksmithing" or "Forged Bottle Opener" first. Doing so will help keep the knife class on schedule and really, the more hammer-time you have, the more likely you'll make something like a knife.Instructor: Carl West
$315
Class size is limited to 4 students (one per forge).
Gift Certificates for Nothing but Knives are available.
Note: If you are redeeming a Gift Certificate, contact us directly, we will see if we can set it up with our registration partners.
Please wear proper clothing for visiting or working in the forge: closed toe shoes (preferably leather, preferably high-topped. Sneakers are sufficient.), natural fiber clothing, long pants that cover the tops of the shoes. Click here for more safety information.
Dates and Times:
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Ongoing:
June 12, 19, 26
(2017)
Mondays 1:00pm - 4:00pm ***Afternoon***
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Upcoming:
July 7, 14, 21
(2017)
Fridays 7:00pm - 10:00pm
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If you have a PHF Gift Certificate: 
this would be a good class to choose.
So far, 6 students have applied to be in this Nothing but Knives.
This class appears to be full and has 2 on the waiting list.
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September 10, 17 , 24
(2017)
Sundays 2:00pm - 5:00pm ***Afternoon***
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If you have a PHF Gift Certificate: this would be a good class to choose.
So far, 2 students have applied to be in this Nothing but Knives.
There appear to be 2 spaces left.
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(If none of these dates work for you, please tell us using our Waiting-List Page)
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Nothing but Knives