Description
In this three-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 created their own Whitecreane Ultimate CCW or World Class FS1 Knife, gaining a basic understanding of the blade forging and finishing process and an interoduction to advanced Kydex sheath-making techniques.
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
- Advanced 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.