Description
In this two-day course, students will receive a perfect balance of hands-on involvement as well as lecture topics. Upon completion of the course, students will have designed and created their own personal neck knife and will possess a basic understanding of the blade forging and finishing process.
Hands-on techniques will include:
- Selection of steel
- Forge maintenance
- Forging to final thickness
- Scale removal
- Cold forging
- Straightening
- Tempering
- Attaching handles
- Sharpening
- Hand sanding to completion
- Kydex sheath-making
Lecture topics will include:
- Philosophy of Japanese metallurgy
- The five criteria for superior cutlery
- Expose on laminates vs. homogeneous steel blades
- Practical parameters of cutlery design
- Slide show of bladesmithing in Japan
Classes taught one-on-one unless otherwise negotiated. Travel and lodging are at the student’s expense.
