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Delivery Type	Delivery Time	Price
E Voucher	Instant	Free
Standard Delivery	1st Class Royal Mail Post	£2.95
Weekday Tracked Courier (APC)	Guaranteed next working day before 4pm*	£8.99
Saturday Special Delivery (Royal Mail)	Guaranteed delivery on Saturdays	£14.50

* Next working day applies to Mainland England & Wales (Scotland & Northern Ireland 2-5 days)

Delivery Type	Details	Cut Off	Delivery Time	Price
Evoucher	Sent straight to your inbox along with a separate email receipt to confirm your order.	None	Instantaneous	Free
Standard Delivery (Royal Mail)	UK Only. Despatched by Royal Mail first class post on the same day. Excludes Weekends & Bank Holidays.	Order by 4pm for same day dispatch	Estimated 2-3 days	£2.95
Weekday Tracked Courier (APC)	Signature required upon receipt. Orders received before 2pm on Fridays will be delivered the following Monday. Excludes Weekends & Bank Holidays. Orders dispatched via APC. Includes online live tracking and 2-hour delivery window which is amendable	Order by 2pm for same day dispatch	Guaranteed next working day before 4pm*	£8.99
Saturday Special Delivery (Royal Mail)	Guaranteed UK Saturday delivery. Excludes Bank Holidays. Signature required upon receipt. Valid for orders received by 4pm on Fridays. Includes online tracking and electronic proof of delivery. If nobody is available when your parcel is delivered and there isn't a safe place to leave the parcel, the delivery driver will leave a calling card with instructions on how to rearrange delivery.	Order by 4pm on Fridays	Saturdays Only	£14.50

One Day Blacksmith Experience Huddersfield

Shepley, West Yorkshire
REF: BLKHD1

Rated Based On 1 Review

Exclusive workshops for 1 or 2 people
Learn from artist blacksmith Owen
All teaching is bespoke to you
See Owen's amazing cooking collection!

This voucher includes

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What's Included

Spend a day learning the basics of blacksmithing
Introduction to the tools and techniques used
Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided
Take home your hand forged items
Courses operate on an exclusive basis for just you or the two of you
All safety equipment including aprons, eye protection and gloves is provided

Sample Itinerary

Introduction to basic tools:
The gas forge and the coke forge – benefits and drawbacks… and getting things lit!
Hammer and anvil, tongs, punches, drifts, fullers, scrolling dogs, hardy tools
Basic techniques and projects
Moving metal around, tapers, SOR, drawing out, setting down: forging J hooks
Building on the principles: forging a fire poker, steak turner or similar
Lunch Break
Please bring packed lunch – or there are shops and a café about a mile away
More advanced techniques
Punching, drifting, scrolling, leaves
Forging a more advanced project
e.g. bottle opener, leaf keychain etc.

What Can I Expect

An exclusive blacksmith experience in Huddersfield just for you! Spend the day with Owen at his village forge, learning how to use heat and metal to make beautiful hand-crafted things.

By his own admission, blacksmith Owen has always loved ‘tinkering' in a workshop, making things, taking things apart and putting them back together again. A degree in Industrial Design, a career in Graphic Design and a passion for blacksmithing followed. Now Owen is a full-time blacksmith, with a full order book.

This skilled artist blacksmith's work is really lovely. Owen has carved out a name for himself with his outdoor cooking range. We adore the fire pits (and so does everyone else, as they regularly sell out). And the kitchen knife collection shows that forged pieces can be practical and artistic too.

As it'll be just you on these blacksmith experiences, all the teaching is geared towards you and what you'd like to learn. Owen will go through the basic tools used, which includes firing up the gas and coke forges.

You'll then make a start on forging your very own piece, using traditional blacksmithing methods that have been handed down from craftsmen to apprentices over thousands of years - and they still bring excellent results even in today's automated, mass-production world!

Make no mistake, heating the metal until it's red hot and then hammering it into shape is hard work. You will need to put some serious elbow grease into it. But the end result is so, so satisfying, knowing you lovingly crafted it yourself.

What you make on the day will be yours to keep. It's a wonderful memento of the time spent on your blacksmith experience at Owen's Huddersfield workshop. Buy your vouchers for an exclusive day course for one or two people now.

Availability

Weekdays throughout the year
Dates are subject to availability
Sessions start at 09:15 finishing at 17:00

Location

Shepley, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Suitable For

Minimum age 12
Under 18s need to be accompanied by an adult who may be a paying participant, or a non-participating observer who can attend for free
A good, general level of fitness is required

Spectators

Not suitable for spectators

Anything Else

Old, comfortable clothing of natural materials and sturdy footwear should be worn (preferably leather boots with toe caps)
Please avoid any synthetic clothing