This one day workshop further develops skills in forging blades. The emphasis is on improving skills through practice. Each participant will have an opportunity to forge a number of blades of diffeing sizes and shapes. Typically each participant will make 5 - 6 blades during the course, depending on individual skill and speed.

Course runs from 9am until 3:30pm. Please bring your lunch. Cost $200 

The focus is on forging techniques. Topics included will be

• steel temperature guide
• forming points
• forging ricassos
• edge work
  
• Forging tangs
• edge packing
• straightening
• annealing
• correcting mistakes
• making curves in blades
• off centre tangs

No knives will be completed in the day, rather a number of blades will be forged and annealed, for finishing at a later time.

All steel, safety equipment  and workshop is supplied. Previous experience in knifemaking is essential, either through a basic course run by the Tharwa Valley Forge or other similar experience.