Blacksmith Experience Day

You will be given a hands-on introduction to the traditional craft of Blacksmithing. The day is designed to teach six of the basic techniques used in Blacksmithing. In the morning, you will forge a small hook, during which you will learn how to use the anvil to draw down the metal to make a taper, how to start a scroll, how to use heat and quenching to control where the metal moves, how to hot punch and cut. This typically takes a couple of hours, at which point we break for lunch.

After lunch, the skills learned in the…

Students will need to supply their own lunch and drinks, (though there are local shops and an onsite Café) and will need to wear long sleeved top and trousers , preferably cotton, but no man-made fibers. You will also need Steel toe cap shoes/boots . All other safety wear will…