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Introduction into Knife-Making: The Blacksmith’s Blades – Nov 4+5


  • MATTILA STUDIO 44 Napoleon Street Battery Point, TAS, 7004 Australia (map)

Learn knife-making with Pete Mattila.

This intensive weekend course takes place at the picturesque waterfront slip yards in Hobart, Tasmania.

Forge and heat-treat a series of small Damascus steel blades.

Working over the anvil, learn hand skills via hammer and tongs.

Courses cover basic blacksmithing techniques specific to knife-making along with explanations of simple metallurgy.

Each class allows only four students per session. This ensures quality in teaching and safe working practice.