Forge Your Own Axe Experience

 
Course price: £350 per axe.
Duration: 8hrs, one day.
 
For bookings of 2 people to make 2 axes, you will receive a £60 discount at checkout (equivalent to £320 per axe).
For bookings of 3 people to make 3 axes, you will receive a £90 discount at checkout (equivalent to £320 per axe). 
 
  • Forge your own axe from high quality high carbon steel
  • Totally customisable experience. You can make any style of axe you like.

This experience is perfect for anyone who would like to try their hand at Blacksmithing and Bladesmithing. You will learn the traditional techniques passed down through the ages for forging axes and many other edged tools, including forging, grinding, and heat treating to produce a blade that will stay sharp in use. You will finish the day by fitting a handle to your axe so you take home a fully finished and useable axe.

This one-day course is for one or two people to forge a single axe. If you'd like to attend as a pair and forge an axe each, two tickets will be required.

There is enough time to forge an axe with a maximum weight of 3lb. A hatchet or carving axe is recommended and usually the most useful option for most people. Alternatively, you are welcome to bring with you ideas for the style of axe you'd like to make, including:

  • Hatchet
  • Carving Axe
  • Carpenters Axe
  • Bushcraft Axe
  • Camp Axe
  • Re-enactment Axe
  • Tomohawk or Throwing Axe

... or anything else your imagination can conjure!

The Kerr Forge Blacksmith, Jon, will be alongside to help and advise at every step to ensure you take home an axe you are proud to use for a lifetime.

Cancellation and a full refund can be obtained up to 2 weeks before the course starts. Start dates may be amended on request.