In this two-day course, you will forge your own knife from a piece of carbon steel. Whether it's kitchen knives, hunting knives or else - you can opt for a knife shape with a blade length of up to approx. 20 cm with a full tang. On the first day you forge your knife into shape on the anvil. Then the sparks fly during contour grinding and the preparations for the heat treatments are made. Only then does the steel will receive the necessary hardness. On the second day we grind the knife into shape, make the handle from wood and sharpen the blade so that your self-made knife is ready for use right away.

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If you have already completed a course with us, you know the workshop and the process, then we can focus on advanced techniques and grinds in this new classformat while making a hidden tang knife: traditional San Mai, Shichi Mai, S-grinds, a hollow grinds, a bread knife, a faceted handle or many other techniques can be implemented here. The focus of the class is on high-performance culinary knives and the technical aspects which are important for an excelling kitchen tool. However, you can also complete other hidden tang knives with a blade length of up to

26 cm.

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In order to enjoy using your high-quality knife for a long time, this course will bring you closer to the microscopic processes involved in sharpening. Followingto the "learning-by-doing" principle, you will learn the most important knife sharpening techniques in just a few hours so that you can sharpen your knife yourself at any time. In addition, you will be given helpful tips on how to care for the knife, which will significantly extend the life of your knife.

For this class, bring your own knives (without serrations or recurve) so that you can sharpen them on the whetstone yourself.

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Pure blacksmithing! In this course you forge your own forest hatchet from a piece of flat steel with an inlaid carbon steel cutting edge. We use a traditional technique that requires special care in forging so that the cutting edge can be welded to the outer layers. Since the rustic ax shape requires little grinding work, we can focus almost exclusively on forging in this course. As soon as the hatchet has hardened and the wooden handle has been shaped, the last step is to handle and sharpen it. Good health and physical condition are essential for this class with lots of heavy forging.

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