An introductory and intermediate Blacksmithing course that covers:
- equipment needed and how to make/source your own
- hammers and hammering, how to prepare and use them
- anvils, what to look for when buying or making your own, how to use the different parts of an anvil
- basic Blacksmithing methods like tapering, scrolls etc.
Participants will design and forge their own steel item to take home (a selections of items can be forged like fire pokers, a blacksmith steel knife, hook nails etc.)
Intermediate blacksmiths will be forging there own tongs or blacksmith rounding hammers.
