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Class canceled: In response to updated guidance from the CDC and the Washington State Department of Health, BARN will continue to be closed through the end of April.

Use a forge to heat pieces of steel red hot and hammer them into the shape and edge of a knife. Repeat, again and again. Temper and quench. Then grind a final edge. You have a hand made knife to fit with a handle. These knives are utility knives, not kitchen knives.

The knife-making class serves as an introduction to basic blacksmithing. The traditional knife-making class is a three hour hands-on class culminating in completion of a hand made knife.

The class covers:

• Safety and good practice
  
• Discussion of “smithing”: forging, drawing, heat-treating, and finishing
  
• Introduction to the propane forge and hand tools
  
• Shaping and drawing a blank and a blade
  
• Heat treating
  
• Grinding
  
• Drilling or punching and riveting
  
• Finishing
  

Class Goals:

• Learn the basic principles of metallurgy, metal forming, and heat treatment
  
• Learn to draw steel through traditional methods
  
• Create a knife blade
  
• Understanding heat treating
  

Location: This is an off-site class.
Alchemy Industrial Arts
9392 Wardwell Ave NE
Bainbridge Island WA 98110

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Details:

• Participants must wear long sleeve shirts and pants in natural fiber and closed toe shoes of either leather or cotton.  Athletic or synthetic shoes and stretch fabrics are prohibited.
  
• Alchemy Industrial Arts will provide Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)
  
• Age 14 and up
  
• Class size is limited to 4 students to provide good mentoring.
• BARN reserves the right to cancel this class in the case of low enrollment and will notify registrants of this decision. A full refund will be given.

Instructor: 

Mark McComsey

Further Contact:

David Hays, Metal.Lead@bainbridgebarn.org