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Blacksmithing & Toolmaking

Currently Scheduled Blacksmithing & Toolmaking Courses

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Belt Making: Forge and Stitch

Sure, there are many ways to keep your pants on, but a handmade belt and hand-forged buckle is…
Thu, Apr 17th, 2025  –  Sat, Apr 19th, 2025
9am-5pm each day
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Blacksmithing: Crafting The Tools of the Trade

In this course, students will begin to outfit their own blacksmithing tool chest while…
Thu, Nov 7th, 2024  –  Sun, Nov 10th, 2024
9am-5pm each day
Instructor: Cody Myers
Sat, May 10th, 2025  –  Tue, May 13th, 2025
9am-5pm each day
Instructor: Cody Myers
Mon, Jun 16th, 2025  –  Thu, Jun 19th, 2025
9am-5pm each day
Instructor: Cody Myers
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Blacksmithing: The Basics & Beyond

Always wanted to swing a hammer and fire up a forge? This is the place to start and the place to…
Thu, Apr 3rd, 2025  –  Sun, Apr 6th, 2025
9am-5pm each day
Instructor: Cody Myers
Thu, May 15th, 2025  –  Sun, May 18th, 2025
9am-5pm each day
Instructor: Cody Myers
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Families at the Forge

The North House Blacksmith Shop excites the curiosity of adults and kids alike—hammers pound,…
Fri, Oct 18th, 2024
9am-3pm
Instructor: Cody Myers
Sat, Oct 19th, 2024
9am-3pm
Instructor: Cody Myers
Fri, Jun 20th, 2025
9am - 3pm
Instructor: Cody Myers
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Forge a Railroad Spike Knife

Learn to take an American icon and forge it into a versatile tool. Students will use high carbon…
Thu, Jun 12th, 2025  –  Sat, Jun 14th, 2025
9am-5pm each day
Instructor: Cody Myers
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Forged Cooking Utensils: At the Grill and in the Kitchen

Explore blacksmithing or develop your skills at the forge to create your own cooking utensils. In…
Fri, Apr 25th, 2025  –  Sun, Apr 27th, 2025
9am-5pm each day
Instructor: Elizabeth Belz
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Knife Making in Traditional Nordic Styles

A good knife has been an essential tool for humans around the globe for millennia. Join guest…
Wed, Nov 20th, 2024  –  Fri, Nov 22nd, 2024
Days 1,2: 9am-5pm, Day 3: 9am-3pm
Instructor: Niilá Omma
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Plane Talk: Restoring & Tuning Hand Planes

In an age of power tools, the hand plane gets short shrift. The hand plane is a more efficient tool…
Sat, Mar 15th, 2025  –  Sun, Mar 16th, 2025
9am-5pm each day
Instructor: Fred Livesay
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Sharpening for the Woodworker

There are many woodworking tools out there that require a sharp edge to function properly. A…
Sat, Oct 12th, 2024  –  Sun, Oct 13th, 2024
9am-5pm each day
Instructor: Wesley Hathaway
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Sharpening Tutorial

"Get the Edge" might be another appropriate title for this course. Chisels, planes, gouges,…
Sat, Mar 22nd, 2025  –  Sun, Mar 23rd, 2025
9am-5pm each day
Instructor: Dennis Chilcote
Sat, Mar 29th, 2025  –  Sun, Mar 30th, 2025
9am-5pm each day
Instructor: Dennis Chilcote
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Viking-Era Smelting: Iron-Age Technology in the Modern Era

We’re no stranger to taking materials back to the source: woodworking courses regularly head…
Wed, Oct 9th, 2024  –  Sat, Oct 12th, 2024
9am-5pm each day
Instructor: Wayne Potratz
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Welcome to Blacksmithing!

The Blacksmith Shop at North House has a charisma that can’t be denied: the ring of the hammer…
Fri, May 30th, 2025  –  Sat, May 31st, 2025
9am-5pm each day
Instructor: Michael Jones