Posts Tagged ‘Blacksmith’
Prairie Pursuits: Blacksmithing – Dog Face Hook
Use your imagination to create a whimsical wall hook or two, perfect for hanging dog leashes, hats or keys.
Read MoreArts & Arms: Folding Knife
Bladesmith Brian Barker teaches how to create a historically appropriate knife.
Read MoreArts & Arms: Basic Blacksmithing
Join Nathan Allen as you learn the basics of blacksmithing including drawing, punching, hardening, tempering steel and forge welding.
Read MoreArts & Arms: Knifesmithing
Under the guidance of Dwight Gallian, you’ll learn about the history and creation of a traditional hand-forged knife.
Read MoreArts & Arms: Axe Forging
Explore traditional forging techniques with blacksmith Nathan Allen.
Read MorePrairie Pursuits: Knifesmithing – Making the Hand Forged Knife
Crafting your own knife is a satisfying challenge. We’ll up-cycle used steel into hand-forged and finished knives. Learn about proper forging, heat treating, and handle construction.
Read MorePrairie Pursuits: Blacksmithing – Fun at the Forge
Be a blacksmith for a day. Learn to heat metal in a coal forge and shape it on an anvil.
Read MorePrairie Pursuits: Blacksmithing – Bottle Opener
Use hammer, anvil and fire to hand forge a custom bottle opener.
Read MorePrairie Pursuits: Blacksmithing – Iron and Copper Bracelets
Hand hammer your own jewelry designs from copper and iron. Use simple tools to hot forge, punch, and emboss iron bracelets, and cold forge copper creations. Attend with your significant other, then trade your bracelets to make your blacksmithing experience a unique romantic activity.
Read MorePrairie Pursuits: Blacksmithing – Axe Forging
Hammer, punch, grind, harden, and temper your own hatchet. We’ll use spring steel and traditional forging techniques to make our own creations. If time permits, we’ll also craft and custom fit a hickory handle.
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