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Title: Knife Making Weekend?
Post by: joebuck on May 03, 2018, 02:42:16 PM

A buddy of mine and myself want to forge our own knife. Is there a school around the southeast anyone would reccomend we should try? 3 day weekend kind of thing. our ultimate goal is to get into making our own knives and testing the waters on what equipment we need. We are just a couple bowhunters just wanting to make our own stuff. we live in north mississippi.  thanks  joey buchanan

Title: Re: Knife Making Weekend?
Post by: tippit on May 03, 2018, 08:33:33 PM

American Bladesmith Society has a hammer in at Haywood Community College Bladesmithing School in Clyde, NC every March.  Three day weekend and cheap with the best of the best bladesmiths teaching.  Check out the ABS site...

http://www.americanbladesmith.com/

Title: Re: Knife Making Weekend?
Post by: Wampus on May 04, 2018, 12:22:00 PM

Just missed the Batson Bladesmithing Symposium at Tannehill state park near Birmingham.  I've been a few times and always learned a lot.
http://www.alaforge.org/Batson_Blade.html

Title: Re: Knife Making Weekend?
Post by: Uncle Buck on May 05, 2018, 02:10:05 PM

There are several Knife University classes being held during the Blade show in Atlanta next month

Title: Re: Knife Making Weekend?
Post by: crowbarforge on May 10, 2018, 10:45:31 AM

Check out https://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/. They offer basic black smithing and knife making classes.