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Blacksmith Experience for One

£225.00 Product ID: 13444
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Why buy from us?
Take a break from the mass produced world and enroll on a course in one of the oldest skills of the modern age, Blacksmithing. Not only will you learn the process from start to finish, but get to experience a day in a forge village in Huddersfield home to Owen, a talented blacksmith and holder of a degree in Industrial Design. In this experience, you will get to see Owen’s handiwork and will walk away impressed by his handcrafted outdoor cooking range and fire pits. It’s hard not to be dazzled by his attention to detail and the amount of physical work that goes into creating each piece. In this experience, you’ll take the reins and learn the whole process through the tools used which includes firing up the gas and coke forges. Even though a serious amount of work goes into creating even the smallest pieces of metal work, you’ll no doubt walk away with a renewed respect for the craft as well as having a chance to explore your own creativity. Not only will you get to learn a new skill, but you can walk away with whatever you create which provides you with a unique keepsake for the whole experience. If you’ve ever been fascinated by how metal items were made in the past or curious about the work that went into them, this is the experience for you. You’ll not only learn a new physical skill, but gain an insight into how past populations made items we take for granted today.

  • Exclusive workshops for 1 person
  • Learn from artist blacksmith Owen
  • All teaching is bespoke to you
  • See Owen's amazing cooking collection!

  • Spend a day learning the basics of blacksmithing
  • Introduction to the tools and techniques used
  • Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided
  • Take home your hand forged items
  • Courses operate on an exclusive basis for just you
  • All safety equipment including aprons, eye protection and gloves is provided

  • Weekdays throughout the year
  • Dates are subject to availability
  • Sessions start at 09:15 finishing at 17:00

  • Shepley, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Minimum Age: 12 years

  • Old, comfortable clothing of natural materials and sturdy footwear should be worn (preferably leather boots with toe caps)
  • Please avoid any synthetic clothing

  • Introduction to basic tools
  • The gas forge and the coke forge – benefits and drawbacks… and getting things lit!
  • Hammer and anvil, tongs, punches, drifts, fullers, scrolling dogs, hardy tools
  • Basic techniques and projects
  • Moving metal around, tapers, SOR, drawing out, setting down: forging J hooks
  • Building on the principles: forging a fire poker, steak turner or similar
  • Lunch Break
  • Please bring packed lunch – or there are shops and a café about a mile away
  • More advanced techniques
  • Punching, drifting, scrolling, leaves
  • Forging a more advanced project
  • e.g. bottle opener, leaf keychain etc.

  • Minimum age 12
  • Under 18s need to be accompanied by an adult who may be a paying participant, or a non-participating observer who can attend for free
  • A good, general level of fitness is required
  • Not suitable for spectators

Our ethos is that your 'experience' should begin from the moment you first browse the site and we can deliver this because of:
  • - once you buy a voucher you are not then left to book the experience yourself. We handle your booking from A-Z, not only providing online dates but also dealing with the supplier to secure your date. Even after you have had your experience, we will ask you for a review of the event to ensure everything went ok.
  • - Our core staff have been working in the industry since 2004 and have all the experience necessary to deliver the experience that is perfect for you.
  • - Each venue and provider has been vetted by us and reviewed by our customers meaning we can give you honest, unbiased advice about what you are ordering.
  • - We have 3 lines of communication; phone, chat and email and our customer service centre is open 6 days a week. The average answer time for our call centre to answer is 20 seconds and we have a vast help section where you should be able to find any answer online.
  • - Once you have chosen a date, we will help to ensure that you get the confirmation in time for your event and if need be we will liaise with the supplier on your behalf if there is a problem.
  • - After each event we invite our customers to review the venue and the provider. This valuable feedback is then used to improve our service and also made public to other customers considering the same event. As a returning customer you will be eligible for a trackdays.co.uk discount code to use on your next purchase.

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