{"id":"om5h915t","organisation":"gp6xuk2s","title":"1 Day Blacksmithing Experience","description":"One-Day Blacksmithing Experience\nA full-day introduction to traditional blacksmithing, offering time to learn core forging techniques and then apply them to a larger project in the afternoon.\nThis course is ideal if you want a complete day in the forge, with more time at the anvil and the opportunity to work with heavier material.\n

\nWhat you’ll do\nYou’ll begin with a welcome to the forge, safety briefing, and an introduction to the tools, fires, and materials. You’ll learn how to light and manage a traditional forging fire using hand-blown bellows before moving to the anvil.\nThe morning focuses on learning the fundamentals. Working step by step with the blacksmith, you’ll forge a bottle opener, learning essential techniques such as drawing out, tapering, bending, twisting, and controlling hot steel under the hammer.\nOnce these techniques are established, you’ll move on to forging a simple hook, following a full demonstration before making your own independently from start to finish.\nAfter a break, the afternoon session allows you to take things further. You’ll work on a larger project, usually a fire poker, forged from heavier stock, applying the same techniques with more material, more heat, and more time at the anvil.\nAll work is carried out using traditional hand tools only. There are no power hammers or grinders.\n

\nWhat you’ll make\n

\nA forged steel bottle opener\n
\nA simple forged hook\n
\nA larger forged item, usually a fire poker, made during the afternoon session\n

\nAll pieces are finished during the day and ready to take home.\n

\nWho it’s for\n

\nComplete beginners\n
\nThose choosing between a half-day or full-day experience\n
\nAnyone wanting more forging time and a fuller day in the forge\n

\nNo previous experience is required.\n

\nHow this differs from other blacksmithing experiences\n

\nThe Two-Hour Forge Taster focuses on a single guided project.\n
\nThe Half-Day Blacksmithing Experience includes guided learning followed by independent making.\n
\nThe One-Day Blacksmithing Experience adds an afternoon session with a larger project using heavier stock.\n

\nEach option offers a different depth, rather than a required progression.\n

\nWhat’s included\n

\nAll forging tools and safety equipment (excluding footwear)\n
\nSteel and materials\n
\nExpert tuition and demonstrations\n
\nTea, coffee and water\n

\nWhat to wear & bring\n

\nLong sleeves and long trousers (cotton or denim recommended)\n
\nSturdy boots (no open-toe footwear)\n
\nWarm layers — the forge can be cool away from the fires\n
\nLunch and snacks\n
\nLong hair must be tied back\n

Please speak to your doctor before booking if you have concerns about physical activity.

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