This knife will serve you for years to come.
Make your own kitchen knife course.
Forge your own knife.
Next dye the leather wet form it around your knife and once the sheath is dry it can be glued and stitched together.
In the morning willie will give you a length of steel roughly the size of a kitchen paring knife length and will walk you through the different approaches that you might take toward designing your knife.
In this course you will forge your own knife to take home.
Once a design and paper template are made we transfer it to british vegetable tanned cow hide.
Whether for work camping backcountry or bushcraft.
You get to forge your own blade from red hot steel and complete your knife with a native timber handle brass bolsters and pins.
They are specially designed for those who are passionate about knives and the outdoors.
The sheath is made to fit your knife exactly so we start by making a template of your sheath.
Make your own knife no prior experience is required.
Come and make a knife in our backyard you ll amaze yourself.
Knife making is hard work please expect the odd blister burn and maybe even a cut if your blade is sharp enough.
Bladesmithing courses and workshops all across the uk.
Whether you want to make your own pocket knife or looking for a personalised gift perkin knives is your one stop shop for buying premium quality handmade custom knives.
You can also learn on build your own spoon carving knife fire starter steel or cut throat razor to save the traditional way.
Learn the art of forging metal blades to make your own bushcraft kitchen or chef s knife or make an axe sword or dagger.
The original make your own knife activity since 2005.
He also did this 4 part series on making your own custom chef s knife and even how to metal etch your own branding on it.
Using basic tools scrap metal and very hot fire you will learn how to build knives or other sharp tools.
The course starts with a quick safety talk and a cup of coffee.
Alex is also a maker and has done videos on setting up his kitchen studio making a pizza peel and a few other kitchen projects.
The one day knife making course is designed for beginners that have no or little experience in metalwork or blacksmithing.
The knife you will be making will be one of your own design from 01 tool steel within a certain framework of guidelines.
Including design steel selection basic metallurgy layout forging profiling heat treating grinding and sharpening.
Other free activities include axe throwing target practice and a huge swing.
We take safety very seriously we like our fingers a lot and want to keep them however a little nick or two is pretty much unavoidable so this means over 16 s only please with an adult and over 18 s if you re coming on your own.
We offer a variety of knives ranging from bushcraft knives to choppers.