One Day Knife Making Course.
Design & craft your blade in our knife making experience.
Workshops start at 8:00am and go all day through till 5:00pm. The day will take you from designing your knife, through to grinding the blade, heat treatment, gluing/profiling your handle, polishing and sharpening the blade ready for use. A farmhouse style lunch and afternoon tea are on us, just turn up ready to go. This course is suitable for anyone from workshop beginners to those familiar and more experienced around tools.
See below for a course outline!
Course Outline.
Design.
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to create a chef’s knife for the kitchen, or just a general purpose camp knife for adventures? Come with an idea of what you want to make, and we will help bring it to life!
4. Food.
Your workshop price includes food & refreshments during the day! A farmhouse lunch and afternoon tea. Please do let us know if you have any dietary requirements, and we will do our best to cater for them.
2. Profiling.
Start with a flat piece of 1084 German knife making steel and finish with a knife made by you! We will guide you through the process of profiling out a knife blade ready to be put into the forge for heat treatment.
5. Handles.
Select from a range of materials including native hard woods for your knife’s handle. This part of the course sees you fitting the handle to your knife and profiling it to your preference.
3. Heat Treatment.
Use the forge to harden and temper your steel blade. This part of the process involves heating your blade up to red-hot and quenching it (hardening). You will also temper it to ensure your blade is soft enough to take an edge. This is an exciting part of the day!
6. Finishing.
Once you have profiled your handle it’s time to give everything a final polish and sharpen ready for use! We try to have this part done by around 5:00pm but this can vary depending on the group and the ambitiousness of the knife projects.
Quick Course Info.
Pricing.
Our courses cost $450/pp for the day.
But don’t worry, we look after you. This includes all materials involved in making a knife as well as being fed and watered throughout the day.
What knife can I make?
You are able to make any knife you like as long as its 250mm or under. This is because larger knifes are take longer to make, making it too difficult to fit into one day and still do a good job. We want to send you away with something you will use forever!
How many people per course?
Courses are limited to up to 5 people max. This is to ensure each student receives enough 1-on-1 time.
