Damascus knife forging course (exclusive work of art) 4-day
Individual course 1 person (from 16 years) In Losenstein, under my expert guidance, you will forge Damascus steel yourself with near any number of layers or patterns by folding and forge welding different steels into a solid piece and then forging them Your exclusive work of art. Blade shape of course freely selectable. In this course you will learn exactly what is important in forging, every step is.
Day 1
Starts at 9:00 a.m. in my blacksmith workshop in 4460 Losenstein Stiedelsbach 32.
Procedure:
- Brief safety briefing
- Designing your dream knife, hunting knife, chef's knife, santoku anything is possible up to a total length of 40 cm / blade length 27 cm
- We fire up the forge and immediately start making real damask.
- The work has been a bit strenuous so far, so there is a decent lunch (already included in the price) (vegans or allergy sufferers please let us know in advance)
- We will continue to process your damask package by the number of layers
Day 2
Start 9:00 a.m.
- We continue to process the package from the previous day and forge the package into a blade shape.
- Now let's work out the shape of your knife more precisely with a flex/angle grinder and belt grinder.
- Now choose a great piece of handle material for your knife.
- Now choose a great piece of handle material for your knife. In addition to the free materials included in the course, such as oak, fruit wood, kirinite, antler, bog oak, desert ironwood, stabilized wood such as from Raffir, burl wood, you can select fossil mammoth molars/mammoth ivory for an additional charge. In this case, please let us know when registering. Today we have already done a lot, lunch follows.
- First we apply the rough blade grind with the belt grinder. You will then learn how to harden the blade and temper it after use.
Day 3
Start 9:00 am
- We finish the blade together by fine grinding it, this will take some time for your work of art.
- Of course we'll treat ourselves to a freshly cooked lunch today.
- We'll continue to fine-grind the blade until it has an excellent blade shape and a perfect cut.
- We polish and etch together to visually emphasize the exclusive damask pattern
Day 4
Start 9:00 am
- Together we will attach the handle material you have selected to your blade and process it perfectly to a high gloss.
- Finally, the knife is sharpened until it cuts properly.
The price includes:
- Self-forged Damascus knife, max. blade length 27 cm, handle length ~ 13 cm, blade height 55 mm,
- blade steel,
- normal handle material or exclusive materials (mammoth fossils for a small surcharge),
- consumables, use of the workshop, 3 lunches and a snack in between
- samples
What to bring:
- You enjoy what you do, work clothes (jeans and pullover/not made of plastic),
- sturdy shoes, goggles, leather gloves and the rest of the protective equipment can be used, you can take it with you or you can buy it on site
Important information about this course:
- Beginning at 9:00 a.m. sharp - end between 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., possibly longer,
- at least 16 years of age (knife will be handed over to the legal guardian for minors after the end of the course)
- Nearest Hotel Gasthof Blasl, Bahnhofstraße 3 - 4460 Losenstein / Austria
- A safety instruction must be signed at the beginning of the course, which excludes any liability on the part of the organizer for personal injury and damage to property during the course.
Terms and Conditions:
- The place is only booked for you when the full amount has been paid.
- If no payment is made within 4 weeks after booking, the course will be canceled automatically and I will inform you by email.
- If you withdraw from the booked and paid event, we will provide the following Service invoiced: up to 3 weeks before the start of the course no cancellation fee, from 3 weeks before the start of the course 30% of the course fee.
