Small knife blade forging & heat treat

Service Description

Taught by Jordan Borstelmann - author of How to forge a Viking axe The focus will be on the forging and low-tech "blacksmith" heat treat of small knives. Blades will not be handled or finish ground in this class. Students should expect to leave with a small blade that has been forged, shaped, hardened and tempered, ready to be finish ground and handled. Forging skills will be tapering, beveling, shouldering, and planishing. Some grinding may occur to refine the shape prior to heat treating. Warning: Tool steel is tough, if you are not comfortable using tongs and are still working on forging smooth tapers in mild steel, you may want more practice before taking this class It’s time for a delve into the molecular physics involved in heat treatment. This class will teach you the various states that metals transition through with the use of heat control. Learn about what the words: annealed, normalized, hardened, and tempered actually mean. (Trigger warning!!!) Taking this class may have the potential side effect of causing you endless annoyance from listening to people misuse these words for the rest of your natural life. You were warned.