Week of February 8-14
2/8/24
Terri brought her kids, Hannah and Matthew, to the forge to celebrate all of their birthdays. Really fun class with them!
2/8/25
Brothers, Gary and Mike, were surprised by their wives with a Railroad spike knifemaking class for Gary's birthday. Very fun class, and they made very sharp and very shiny knives! And are planning many more
2/9/25
Scott was back today, and brought his daughter-in-law, Michelle. Scott worked on a Billet Knife. Michelle finished her first Billet knife that she had started a few weeks ago. It's a sharp little Knife, with resin handle, and a skull mosaic center pin that Michelle brought in.
2/11/25
Kim and Phil brought their nephew, Austin, in last night for Birthday Knifemaking! They were a great group, and made fantastic knives!
2/13/25
Ben brought his son, Parker, in this afternoon so they could make their first knives together! A perfect bonding afternoon!
2/13/25
Lucy and Kristi were back in the forge tonight! Continuing their blacksmithing journey, they learned how to make "S" hooks today. They both did great, and they're always a lot of fun! Next time, it's Billet Knives!
2/12/25 & 2/14/25
With the ice last week and the snow storm this week, we've had to get creative with the Level 1 Homeschool classes this month. So on Wednesday, we had some of the 11-13 yr olds and a couple of the 14-17 yr olds come in to make Steel Flowers! Then on Friday, the last 2 Level 1 Homeschoolers came in this morning to make their Steel Flowers. They both made roses. They did so well with plasma cutting, cold shaping steel, and welding, that they had time to make tulips too! Everyone all did great learning plasma cutting, cold shaping sheet metal, and welding!
