Knife Making Classes

Chuck Gedraitis Knives

Chuck Gedraitis Knives

Joined
Dec 10, 1998
Messages
4,860
For the last few years I have taught Knife Making classes at the Worcester Center for crafts. They closed a year ago but have recently re-opened at the beginning Jan. I have been asked to teach again and am excited to do so. Here is more info and a class description.

This 12 week class would run from April 13th - June 29th, Tuesday evening from 6:30pm - 9:30.

"This course will introduce the basic techniques for hand forging
knives and fine-edged tools. A variety of construction methods and
finishing techniques will be presented to produce a quality
hand-crafted tool or knife. During the first half of the course
emphasis will be on selecting metals and designing a functional blade.
Demonstrations will include forging, shaping, grinding and polishing.
Various heat treatments and tempering of steel will be used and
discussed. The second half of this course will focus on all the
detailed information related to blade handles and guards.
Demonstrations will include both full-tang and narrow tang styles,
guards, butt caps, decorative file work and spiral dagger handles to
finish blades. Materials not included. Limited to 8 students"

You can visit the Worcester Center for Crafts website at:
http://www.worcester.edu/WCC/default.aspx

Thanks for checking it out,
Chuck
 
Sounds good. Keep up the good work. Ever thought of doing a two week intensive during the summer?
 
I just spoke to the the Registrar yesterday so they most likely have not posted the class on the website yet. I will find out how much the class will be.
Thanks for your interest,
Chuck
 
Thread is 3 years old but good find! Wonder if Chuck is still up to anything like this now?
 
Didn't find anything listed in their online class schedule. What a shame. They have some jewelry related metal classes, but nothing mentioning forging or knives.

They do have a class for "Making your own beer stein!"
 
I know that this thread is 3yrs old but I am still teaching at the craft center. I taught a 6 week friction folder class in Jan and am teaching a forging class at this time with 2 classes left. Prices are about $199 for a 6 week class. I may be teaching another in early summer or again in the fall.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top