Knife to Meet You: An Introduction to Bladesmithing

If you have ever wanted to learn how to forge a knife, this is the perfect place to start. Multisession Duration: 12 hrs completed over 4 days. By purchasing a ticket, you are committing to attend all meetings included in the multisession. Reference the Agenda page of Eventbrite to indicate which ticket to purchase for that session! Class Description In this class we will forge, file, heat treat, and sharpen a small blacksmith’s knife using only a piece of high-carbon steel, hand tools, and first principles. Students will leave the class having made an all-steel one piece “blacksmith’s knife” suitable for cooking, cutting, and everyday use. Techniques covered will include: straightening, tapering, drawing out and beveling high carbon steel, filing a knife to it’s final shape, quenching, tempering, and finally, sharpening. The materials fee for this class is $12. This is separate from the ticket price and is to reimburse the instructor for any tools or materials used in this class. This will be paid once, directly to the instructor at the start of the first class meeting. This instructor accepts Venmo. Learning Objectives<ul><li>Students will learn all of the basics of bladesmithing</li><li>. Forging of a basic knife</li><li>. Filing the knife to shape</li><li>. Simple Heat Treatment (Quenching and Tempering of Steel)</li><li>. Knife Sharpening</li><li>. The End Result will be a simple and functional blacksmith's knife.</li><li>. This course does not include tool testing.</li></ul>Instructor - Willow Zietman ( @willowthewispmetalwork) Willow is a blacksmith, bladesmith, Forged In Fire Champion and mom from Lunenburg, MA. She has taught at multiple craft schools around the US, and worked with blacksmiths as far away as Myanmar. If you take her classes, you must have a high tolerance for corny puns, and strange tangents and stories that are actually extremely relevant to the topic at hand. Students Should Bring Their beautiful selves, their sharp and inquisitive minds, closed-toed shoes, natural fiber clothing, and most importantly, a water bottle. SPOTS ARE LIMITED! Secure your spot on the Eventbrite link attached to this listing!

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