Workshops/bladesmithing: Difference between revisions

The Basic Blade-Smithing workshop is intended as an introduction to the use of the [[Tools/forge|forge]] and some of the common techniques used to make simple blades by the traditional methods. The workshop takes the form of 2 days, at least a week apart as well as some solo work. The first day will be the actual forging process for the blades along with hardeningannealing and some of the initial grinding. Then each participant can go off and finish the grinding for their blades separately, since we only have one [[Tools/largelinisher|large linisher]], and the process could easily take several hours per person. Second day, a week or two later will be finalising the grind, hardening the blade, making and fitting the handles, surface treatments, sharpening, etching if wanted. If people prefer a 1-on-1 course that is also available which allows the workshop to be broken up into 4 or 5 half-days for more flexibility in scheduling.