North House is pleased to welcome Swedish craft consultant and Santerglanten Folk School instructor, Ramon Persson to campus as a featured International Guest Instructor. Students in this course will have a thorough, hands-on experience exploring the techniques and historical traditions of Swedish knifemakers. This course will focus on work knives in the Saami-style, suitable for a variety of practical uses. The knives will be crafted using hand-forged Swedish blades assembled with one piece of birch wood for the handle. Leather work is the final skill that students explore as each knifemaker makes a custom sheath in the traditional method using a single piece of wood with a leather wrap-around for hanging from the belt. As is the traditional method, there is no glue used in the making of the sheath or knife.

You will need the following tools for this class:

sloyd knife (available from the North House School Store - 888.387.9762)

coarse half-round rasp sand paper (variety of grits)

ball peen hammer

Feel free to bring your favorite tools and whatever materials you might feel appropriate for this course.