Knife-making workshop

Join us for our most popular workshop:  beginners knife making class on the 6 August 2020.

We will maintain social distancing during our workshop, everyone at the space will be expected to wear masks/ face shields at all times and there will be sanitizers at each station.

There are only 8 spots available, and this class sells out very quickly.

This class is where you will learn some basic blacksmith skills as well as learning about recycled plastic and composites in creating your own knife handle.

Go home with your very own hand made custom bush knife! Suitable for children over 13 only when accompanied by an adult.

The knife blanks are laser cut from N690 a high performance Stainless Steel developed but Bohler Austria for knife making. The steel can be hardened to 60HRC. We will teach you how to mould your own handle using recycled plastic bottle caps in our plasticprenur studio as part of the Baobab project. We welcome you to bring your own assortment of plastic bottle caps (HDPE recycling number 2). You will be able to shred them and melt them before injecting them into the mould around your newly shaped knife blank. You will need about 26 bottle caps to make a complete handle, and the more interesting your colour mix the better. If you haven’t been able to find your own, we have a wide array of shredded plastic you can use.

Please note our class will start at 4:30pm and we will aim to be finished by 8:30pm.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Date/Time
Date(s) - 06/08/20
4:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Location
The MakerSpace

Categories

• Knife making

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