Damask Outdoor Knife Blacksmith’s Course 2 days
In small groups 1 – 4 persons (from 16 years)
In Losenstein you forge damask steel up to 60 layers under my expert guidance by folding and fire welding different steels into a solid piece and then forge your desired knife. Blade shape freely selectable.
In this course you will learn what is important in forging, each step is explained by me personally so that at the end of the course you can take a perfect Damascus Knife with home even if you have never dealt with the material before.
Day 1
Start 9:00 a. m. in my blacksmith’s workshop at 4460 Losenstein Stiedelsbach 32.
Procedure:
- Brief safety briefing
- Design your desired knife (ideally brought sketch), outdoor knives up to a total length of 25 cm / blade length 12 cm
- We start the forge and immediately start the production of real damask and then forge your knife.
- Next we work out the shape of your knife more precisely with flex / angle grinder and belt grinder
- The work was already a bit strenuous so there is a small snack break (already included in the price) (please inform vegan or allergy sufferers in advance)
- Now choose a great piece of grip material for your knife. In addition to the free materials included in the course such as oak, fruit woods, kirinite, antlers, moor oak, desert iron wood, stabilized woods such as raffir, measles/rootwoods, you can choose fossil mammoth teeth/mammoth ivory at an additional cost. In this case, please let us know when registering.
- This marks the end of the first day of your adventure
Day 2
Start 9:00 a. m.
- First we apply the blade cut with the belt grinder. Then you learn to harden the blade and allow it according to its intended purpose.
- We finish the blade together by grinding, polishing and etching it to visually highlight the damask pattern.
- Now we attach the grip material selected by you to your blade and process it to high gloss.
- At the end, the knife is ground until it cuts properly.
Included in the price:
- Self-forged knife max. Blade length 12 cm + handle length ~ 13 cm, max. Blade height 40 mm
- Blade steel
- normal grip material (excluding materials at extra charge)
- Consumables, workshop use
- 2x lunch or snack
- Samples
Bring along is:
- Pleasure of the thing
- Work clothes (jeans and sweaters/non-plastic)
- sturdy footwear
- Protective goggles, leather gloves and other protective equipment can be used, taken home or purchased locally
Important information about this course:
- Start punctually at 9:00 a. m. – End between 4:00 p. m. and 6:00 p. m. if necessary longer
- mind. Age 16 (Knive is handed over to the guardian after completion of the course)
- nearest Hotel Gasthof Blasl, Bahnhofstraße 3 - 4460 Losenstein / Austria
- At the beginning of the course, a safety instruction must be signed which excludes any liability of the organizer for persons and damage to property during the course.
Terms and conditions:
- The place is booked for you only when the full amount has been paid
- If no payment is made within 4 weeks of booking, the course will be cancelled automatically and I will inform you by email.
- In case of cancellation of the booked and paid event, we will charge the following service: no cancellation fee up to 3 weeks before the course starts, 30% of the course fee from 3 weeks before the course starts.