Damascus Steel Knife Making Course, Pre-fabricated

In a two-day forging course with up to three participants, you will learn how to design, grind, harden, and fit your own Damascus knife with your desired handle.

Duration: 2 days, from 09:00 to 15:00 each day

Schedule:
Day 1:
After a brief safety introduction and discussion about the design of your desired knife, we will begin crafting your blade.
Together, we will design the blade blank according to your ideas, assisting you with the design and shaping of a chef's knife, meat knife, hunting knife, outdoor knife, or replica/custom piece. You can choose between 99, 120, and 300 layers of pre-fabricated Damascus steel. You can also choose between carbon steel and chrome steel, as well as various local, tropical, and stabilized woods (for your desired handle)!
Then follows the shaping and grinding with the help of a belt grinder and an angle grinder (Flex).

After a delicious lunch, we will continue with the finish grinding of the blade.
For this, you will work on the belt grinder for the bevel grind.
The first day concludes with hardening in a quality hardening oven.
Afterward, the blades will be tempered by us in the workshop.

Day 2:
After you have selected the handle wood for your desired knife, we will begin with the fine grinding.
For this, you will start with coarse sandpaper and work your way up to a very fine grit to achieve a particularly rust-resistant and even surface structure.
Then comes the handle fitting: whether stick tang or full tang – you will now learn precise fitting, gluing, and grinding on the belt grinder, followed by hand-finishing.
At the end of the workday, you will oil and wax the handle and can take your finished, razor-sharp custom knife home with you.

Please bring:
-Fire-resistant cotton work clothes
-Sturdy footwear
-Gloves

Included in the price are:
-2 x snacks, cold drinks (water, sweet drinks), coffee and cookies/cake
-Damascus steel
-Handle wood (selection of available handle woods in our forge)
-Accessories (e.g., brass or mosaic pins)

Booking discounts for multiple participants:
2 participants: €900.00
3 participants: €1300.00

Free cancellation up to 14 days before the start of the course is possible.*

All times stated in the schedule are approximate and serve only as a guide.
Eating and drinking are always possible and customary between all work steps.