Bladesmithing and Knifemaking Course (Basic) PDF Print E-mail
Learn the art of bladesmithing and knife making from Bladesmith Karim Haddad. This extensive weekend workshop will give you the opportunity not only to learn these skills, but to make a hand forged knife of your own.  Karim will guide a small group through the processes to hand forge and craft a tool that you would be proud to own and use.

The course goes from Friday night until Sunday Afternoon. For starting dates of next courses see the upcoming courses list on the side panel

Cost - $550 (incl GST)

Cost includes: Tuition, insurance, materials, use of tools, workshop consumables, safety gear, tea and coffee.

Need to bring: Lunch, appropriate clothing and covered footwear

This is an introductory course that assumes no prior knowledge, just enthusiasm and desire to learn.

Program

Friday
Evening 7pm - 9pm

  • Design, form and use
  • Knife making overview 
  • Selection of materials
  • Tool orientation
  • Safety overview
 

Saturday
8am – 4pm

Forging

  • Temperatures and colours
  • Basic forging techniques

Forging blades

  • Forming the point
  • Tapering blade
  • Tang and Ricasso
  • Edge packing
  • Annealing and normalising

Lunch

Grinding

  • Profiling
  • Rough Grind
  • Ricasso and shoulders
  • Fine Grind
  • Hand Polish

Hardening

  • Edge hardening
  • Tempering

Sunday
8am – 4pm

Soften back and tang

Hand Polishing

Handles

  • Shapes and form
  • Guards
Lunch
  • Handle Assembly
  • Shaping and finishing

 

Sharpening

  • Edge angles
  • Sharpening
  • Maintenance

Finish off knives

 

 
 

 
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Upcoming Courses

Thu, Sep 17th, @7:30pm
Sharpening
Thu, Oct 15th, @7:30pm
Sharpening
Fri, Oct 16th, @7:00pm
Knifemaking
Thu, Dec 10th, @7:30pm
Sharpening
Fri, Dec 11th, @7:00pm
Knifemaking

Knifemaking Tip

“If steel "sparks" or "burns" while forging, cut it off approximately 3" behind the area and restart”
-Jerry Fisk

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Gift Vouchers available

 Gift vouchers are available for our courses. Each voucher comes as a beautiful full colour certificate with the recipients name on it and the course you have organised. The price is the same as the course. They are valid for a year after purchase.

Contact us to organise a gift they will never forget.

 

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Damascus Skinner

Damascus skinner detail

Damascus Belt Buckle back

Damascus Belt Buckle

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