Chef's Knife

The knife you cook with every night is a reasonable thing to want to have made yourself.

Over two days students forge and complete a western-style chef's knife with a high carbon steel blade, working through the full bladesmithing sequence: design, forging, heat treatment and grinding. It is built for beginners and for people with some forging behind them, and both get a comprehensive run at the fundamentals.

Good to know. $360 for the weekend, at the Forge, 290 Whisconier Road. Prices and openings change, so check the registration page before you plan around it.