Blacksmithing
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Forging a Chef’s Knife- July 2022
$290.00 – $330.00This class is taught by renowned instructor and the very first winner of History Channel’s Forged in Fire, Matthew Parkinson. The chef’s knife is the most used knife in almost any home. These iconic knives help to create meals for family and loved ones. Well-made kitchen knives can last a lifetime and this class will give you the opportunity to create one of your very own. In this two-day class students will make their own chef’s knife from high carbon steel. All aspects of bladesmithing will be covered, from forging the blade to shaping, then heat treating, grinding and polishing, making and fitting a wooden handle and finally, sharpening – with very special attention given to the design and geometry of this kind of knife. This class is intended as an introductory bladesmithing class, but some forging experience is helpful.
Dates/Times
- Friday, July 22, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Saturday, July 23, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Instructor: Matthew Parkinson
Member Tuition: $240.00
Non-Member Tuition: $280.00Material Fee: $50.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
Special Notes: Hard shoes and long pants are required for student’s safety.
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Forging a Chef’s Knife- July 2022
$290.00 – $330.00This class is taught by renowned instructor and the very first winner of History Channel’s Forged in Fire, Matthew Parkinson. The chef’s knife is the most used knife in almost any home. These iconic knives help to create meals for family and loved ones. Well-made kitchen knives can last a lifetime and this class will give you the opportunity to create one of your very own. In this two-day class students will make their own chef’s knife from high carbon steel. All aspects of bladesmithing will be covered, from forging the blade to shaping, then heat treating, grinding and polishing, making and fitting a wooden handle and finally, sharpening – with very special attention given to the design and geometry of this kind of knife. This class is intended as an introductory bladesmithing class, but some forging experience is helpful.
Dates/Times
- Sunday, July 24, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Monday, July 25, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Instructor: Matthew Parkinson
Member Tuition: $240.00
Non-Member Tuition: $280.00Material Fee: $50.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
Special Notes: Hard shoes and long pants are required for student’s safety.
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Forging a Hacksaw- October 2022
$290.00 – $330.00Every smith needs a good hacksaw, so why not make your own frame? Students will make a simple, yet sturdy, hacksaw frame with room for individualization and decorative file work. Handles will be turned as part of the class.
Dates/Times
- Saturday, October 8, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Sunday, October 9, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Instructor: Derek Heidemann
Member Tuition: $240.00
Non-Member Tuition: $280.00Material Fee: $50.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
Special Notes: Hard shoes and long pants are required for student’s safety.
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Intermed. Blacksmithing – Forging Transitions & Set-Ups for Various Shapes- August 2022
$725.00 – $825.00Forging a bar of stock into a particular shape, be it a cooking utensil, latch or other items requires two things. First, you need to know how much material is necessary to create the shape, the “set-up”, and second, how to forge out that shape, the “transition”, ensuring that they are both graceful and structurally sound. This class will explore traditional 18th century forging techniques with an emphasis on set-ups and transitions by forging a smiple spatula for hearth cooking as well as a more complicated key-hole spatula. Later we will explore latch making with the same emphasis. And lastly, finishing of your work by filing it to bring out its beauty and add details. Many examples of latches and hearth cooking utensils will be available for students to examine. Students should have a wrking knowledge and bility to manage a coal fire, basic hand forging knowledge and the ability to forge weld.
Dates/Times
- Monday, August 15, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Tuesday, August 16, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Wednesday, August 17, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Thursday, August 18, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Friday, August 19, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Instructor: Bob Valentine
Member Tuition: $600.00
Non-Member Tuition: $700.00Material Fee: $125.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
Special Notes: Hard shoes and long pants are required for student’s safety.
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Intro to Toolmaking- July 2022
$115.00 – $125.00Blacksmiths have always made their own tools and it’s a skill every smith should know. This class will work with carbon steel to make a punch and a chisel that will be hardened at the working end and soft at the striking end. Each student will leave with two usable tools and the understanding of how to create more.
Dates/Times
- Sunday, July 31, 2022 – 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Instructor: Russ Jennings
Member Tuition: $65.00
Non-Member Tuition: $75.00Material Fee: $50.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
Special Notes: Hard shoes and long pants are required for student’s safety.
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Introduction to Bladesmithing- June 2022
$290.00 – $330.00This class is taught by renowned instructor and winner of History Channel’s Forged in Fire, Mace Vitale. Students can expect to forge and finish one 4-6″ blade using a gas forge. Topics covered will be working with high carbon steels, knife design, forging a blade to shape, grinding, finishing and heat treating. This class is intended as an introductory bladesmithing class, but some forging experience is helpful.
Dates/Times
- Saturday, June 25, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Sunday, June 26, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Instructor: Mace Vitale
Member Tuition: $240.00
Non-Member Tuition: $280.00Material Fee: $50.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
Special Notes: Hard shoes and long pants are required for student’s safety.
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Introduction to Traditional Joinery- August 2022
$435.00 – $495.00Take that next step in your blacksmithing journey by learning traditional joinery work. The project is a fun, simple forgiving project where students will learn several processes: traditional corners, collars, tenons, rivets, slitting/drifting, beveled scrolls, fish-tail scrolls and regular scrolls where you will also learn how to determine the lengths of steel required to achieve a finished dimension. Learning these processes will enable you to move forward to projects limited only by your imagination!
Dates/Times
- Friday, August 12, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Saturday, August 13, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Sunday, August 14, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Instructor: Ron Nichols
Member Tuition: $360.00
Non-Member Tuition: $420.00Material Fee: $75.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
Special Notes: Hard shoes and long pants are required for student’s safety.
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Japanese Dagger with Sawa (Sheath & Handle)- September 2022
$435.00 – $495.00The goal of this class is to produce a blade ready for quenching with minimal use of a grinder. The focus will be on the tanto, the dagger carried by samurai. Students will start with a piece of high carbon stock. This class will follow historic processes as closely as possible. Students will forge their bar into a blank of precise dimensions, before hand forging bevels and relevant blade geometry. Then, hand files will be used to finish the blade. Blades that are ready will be quenched at the end of the 2nd day. This class includes an in depth discussion of heat treating, and blades will be clay coated when quenched for a hamon. The third day will start at the forge to make a basic fitting, the habaki, from copper. After that, the class will turn to the wood shop, where students will use hand tools to make a wooden handle and sheath using traditional methods. This class is for intermediate smiths.
Dates/Times
- Friday, September 30, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Saturday, October 1, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Sunday, October 2, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Instructor: Russ Jennings
Member Tuition: $360.00
Non-Member Tuition: $420.00Material Fee: $75.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
Special Notes: Hard shoes and long pants are required for student’s safety.
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Making Blacksmithing Tongs- October 2022
$580.00 – $660.00There is nothing more important than having a good grip on a 2000 degree piece of metal and there is nothing more frustrating than when you can’t. Take this class and learn how to make tongs that are strong and will properly hold your work. By making your own tongs you’ll save money, time, and be working safely while getting needed hammer practice for the hobby blacksmiths.
Dates/Times
- Friday, October 14, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Saturday, October 15, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Sunday, October 16, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Monday, October 17, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Instructor: Dick Sargent
Member Tuition: $480.00
Non-Member Tuition: $560.00Material Fee: $100.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
Special Notes: Hard shoes and long pants are required for student’s safety.
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Mortise and Tenon Construction- August 2022
$580.00 – $660.00This class will focus on the proper making of mortise and tenon joinery for gate and railing construction. You’ll make the tooling, punches, drifts, monkey tools and more. Special tools used by professional smiths to increase consistency of dimension will be shown and made. The secret of forging angled tenons easily and accurately will also be taught.
Dates/Times
- Friday, August 5, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Saturday, August 6, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Sunday, August 7, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Monday, August 8, 2022 – 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Instructor: Dick Sargent
Member Tuition: $480.00
Non-Member Tuition: $560.00Material Fee: $100.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
Special Notes: Hard shoes and long pants are required for student’s safety.
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Open Forge Night- August 2022
$20.00Interested in blacksmithing but unsure how to start? Open Forge Night is the place for you! Every third Wednesday of the month during our blacksmithing season, come see demonstrations by expert blacksmith Steve Gurzler. Observing the demonstration is free and open to the public. If you want to try your hand at blacksmithing there is a $20 fee to cover the cost of materials. Safety precautions must be followed – including hard shoes with no open toes, long pants, goggles (supplied) and gloves (supplied).
Dates/Times
- Wednesday, August 17, 2022 – 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Instructor: Steve Gurzler
Member Tuition: $0.00
Non-Member Tuition: $0.00Material Fee: $20.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
Special Notes: Pre-registration for Open Forge Night is not required. Participants who wish to try their hand in the forge will be asked to provide a $20 materials fee.
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Open Forge Night- July 2022
$20.00Interested in blacksmithing but unsure how to start? Open Forge Night is the place for you! Every third Wednesday of the month during our blacksmithing season, come see demonstrations by expert blacksmith Steve Gurzler. Observing the demonstration is free and open to the public. If you want to try your hand at blacksmithing there is a $20 fee to cover the cost of materials. Safety precautions must be followed – including hard shoes with no open toes, long pants, goggles (supplied) and gloves (supplied).
Dates/Times
- Wednesday, July 20, 2022 – 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Instructor: Steve Gurzler
Member Tuition: $0.00
Non-Member Tuition: $0.00Material Fee: $20.00 Material Fee is added to the tuition fee in the shopping cart.
Location: AFS, 51 Main Street, Lake Luzerne, NY
Special Notes: Pre-registration for Open Forge Night is not required. Participants who wish to try their hand in the forge will be asked to provide a $20 materials fee.