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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)

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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

Knife Making & Bladesmith Courses Berkshire

Wokingham, near Reading
REF: BLKKN1

Bladesmithing & knifemaking near Reading
One-day Viking knife courses
Two-day Chef's knife courses
Lovely forge, great people, fab tuition!

This voucher includes

Knife Making & Bladesmith Courses Berkshire Knife

Choose Your Experience:

All vouchers include

What's Included

One or two day knife making course
Courses start with a welcome and safety briefing
Everyone makes a fire poker as the first project as an introduction to hammering skills and how the material reacts when heated
All courses include materials and safety equipment (Safety specs, gloves, aprons etc)
Break for lunch (not included) please bring a packed lunch
Tea and coffee are provided throughout the day
Class sizes are generally 4-6 with a ratio of 2-3 participants per tutor

Viking Knife Making

Spend the day forging a viking knife
Create your own Viking one piece knife learning the aspects of knife-making and blacksmithing

Chef's Knife Making

Two-day course creating your own chef's style knife (hunting knives can also be made on this course)
The material used is from spring steel which has a greater carbon content
The properties make it more suitable to being hardened to ensure it keeps a much better edge to the blade

What Can I Expect

Bladesmithing courses in Berkshire - creative, artistic and practical! These really popular one and two-day courses at the professional forge in Farley Hill village will see you making either a Viking or a Chef’s knife.

All courses start with welcome and a safety briefing. You’ll meet some of the professional blacksmithing team, which is headed up by John, and they are all highly experienced and creative metalworkers.

Students all start by making a fire poker, which gives you a feel for what working with heated metal is like. And yes, you get to take your first forged creation home with you!

Then it’s on to the knifemaking. On the one-day bladesmithing course you’ll be forging a Viking knife and on the two-day course you will be making a Chef’s knife at this Berkshire forge. Both use high-quality metals such as ‘spring steel’ (for a great edge to your blade) and ‘leaf springs’, which has a superb texture.

The Viking knife is a substantial bladed knife, which is just the sort of fighting dagger a warrior would have carried over a 1000 years ago. The handle and blade are made from a single piece of metal and you can get quite creative with the handle shaping!

The longer Chef’s knife course involves making the blade and then fashioning a handle to go with it. There will be a choice of exotic hardwoods for you to use to give your practical and very usable kitchen knife a very stylish finish.

All the tools, raw materials and safety gear is included for both knifemaking experiences. Buy a voucher for a bladesmithing course in Berkshire and get ready to get hands-on in the forge to create your bespoke knife!

Availability

Classes generally run Thursdays and Fridays, alternative days can be arranged for small groups
Sessions start at 09:30 finishing between 16:00 and 16:30
Dates are subject to availability
Two day chef's knife course generally run on consecutive days (alternative dates may be arranged)