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Father’s Day weekend dual tomahawk class. Students will, in two days, forge 2 fully functioning tomahawks including handles. Hawks will be fully heat treated and tempered. The hawks will be made from high carbon steel Farrier rasps which will add a unique texture. Students can opt for a flame finished handle or a more refined version. An additional participant can team up at an anvil with a fee, allowing teams of two to split the cost and each get a hawk if they wish. Afterwards we will test the tomahawks Forged in Fire style with a chop test and throwing test. Includes lunch and refreshments for both days, Village Blacksmith t-shirt, all materials, tools and safety gear. **SKILL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE (some forging experience recommended )
What: Hand Forged DUAL Tomahawk Workshop
Where: Village Blacksmith 6641 Gloucester Street Gloucester, VA 23061
When: Father’s Day Weekend June 15-16
9:00 AM- 4PM ish all days
Why: To Challenge yourself and instill the knowledge to create something from nothing with your bare hands that lasts generations and is of the utmost useful quality, applicable to both pre and post apocalypse scenarios and… also to create a useful tool to go camping.
What is provided?
Class Admission & Elevation in Society
Personal Pair of safety Glasses (students get to keep)
Village Blacksmith T-Shirt
All Tooling, materials, and safety gear needed for the class to create “axe magic”
Lunch for both days , light refreshments and coffee
Memories and skills for a lifetime.
Requirements
Since this is an intermediate level course it is recommended that students have prior forging knowledge to get the most out of the course. Students who have completed our 1 or 3 day basic Blacksmithing class or alike are adequately prepared for this intensive workshop.
Other requirements:
Leather boots (steel toe preferred)
Cotton based clothing preferred
Students can bring their own safety gear and tools with them if they wish
Desire and willingness to learn
Strong work ethic
Strong sense of humor (any students not displaying sense of humor maybe subject of testing of axe)
Refund policy: Because of the the complexities and logistics involved, these axe classes cannot and will not be able to be rescheduled or transferred to another class. Therefore, a full refund will be issued (minus a $50 restocking fee) if given at minimum 30 days notice. If given less than 30 days notice a non refundable $200 restocking fee will be applied. No shows are non refundable. Any unforeseen cancelations by The Village Blacksmith will be refunded 100%.
Teams
Teams of 2 can share an anvil with the creation of 1 axe per team member for an additional $75 per person. (For example: A Father - Son team would pay a total of $625 to both partake in the class and share tools to create 1 axe each as a team to keep costs down)
Instructor:
George Cramer
George is the owner and craftsman behind the Village Blacksmith. He has over 21 years blacksmithing experience and over 26 all together in the metals industry. He is an award winning business owner, artist and craftsman. He won Discovery Channel’s Master of Arms competition S1E7 Arbalest Crossbow IN 2018. He has done work for the NPS, film industry, corporations and private clients. He served in the U.S. Navy as a metal worker and later became a welding instructor at a technical college before starting the Village Blacksmith, LLC. He teaches classes at his forge of which he has taught over 1,000 students the craft of blacksmithing since 2015.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
6641 Gloucester St., Gloucester, VA, United States
