Axe Making Courses
AXE making - 2 days
On our 2 day axe making course you will leave with a one handed general duties axe that with a little care will last a lifetime. As well as leaving with an axe you will have a basic understanding of the processes involved in making an axe and blacksmithing as a whole.
You will be provided with a piece of tool steel and we will guide you through the process of turning it into an axe, this will include punching and drifting a hole, forging the material and shaping it where it needs to go. Once forged you will then use grinding equipment to refine the axe and prepare it to take a cutting blade as well as heat treat the metal to make it tough and able to hold up to the abuse it might take later. On this course you will do some solo work with a hand hammer and make use of a hydraulic press or power hammer, this course also uses teamwork where you will be partnered up to work in pairs for smith and striker work with a sledge hammer. Once the axe head is complete you will then fit your own handle, carefully working down the wood so that the head is a perfect fit. Once the wood fits through the eye of axe head just right you will then wedge it in place. Et voila, one functional tool ready for use!
Axe Forging and throwing
In this course held in partnership with our friends at "The Viking Games" you will truly be unleashing your inner Viking. # You’ll be forging a double-headed throwing axe with us in the forge, then taking your axe to the Viking Games to use it for purpose!
Over the course of 3 hours you will learn how to forge your axe blades and steel handle, grinding your axes to make them sharp and how to cord-wrap your handle to give you a comfortable and well-weighted throwing axe. You will then take your axe to The Viking Games for an hour of axe throwing fun!
Make your axe. Throw your axe. Prove who has the strongest Viking blood running through their veins! We promise that you will have an axe-ellent time.
