Calendar, Events & Classes 2017
Upcoming Events
Check Back for Our Upcoming Events for 2017!!
Carolina Readiness Supply, Heritage
Life Skills Conference, Waynesville NC - April 21 & 22, 2017
Appalachian Lifestyles Festival, Waynesville NC - June 10, 2017
Grandfather Mountain Highland Games -July 6-9, 2017
Old Cowee Mountain School Folk Festival, Franklin NC- August 19, 2017
John C. Campbell Folk School, Scottish Heritage Week,
Celtic Iron classes, Brasstown GA - Sept. 3-8, 2017
Cornerstone Christian Academy, Morristown TN - Oct. 26-27
2017 Classes at Calerin Forge
Materials fee ($150.00) and ½ class fees due a week in advance.
Balance of class fees must be paid in full by the 1st night of class.
NOTE: Classes MUST have a minimum of 4 participants, no exceptions.
Get a friend to join a class with you and both of you will receive a Calerin Forge T-Shirt!
Ten Week Comprehensive Knife-Making
Begins Feb. 9 $650.00
($450.00 class fee + $200.00 non-refundable materials fee)
Students will make a series of 5 different historical knives, ending with a Damascus steel knife. They will learn the processes of annealing and heat-treating. There will be an optional 11th class on sheath-making taught by Caleb Burress for an additional cost.
Meets once a week for 10 weeks.
April 14-15 Intensive Weekend Class
Basic Blacksmithing $450.00
($300.00 class fee + $150.00 materials fee)
Basic Forging Techniques and how to apply them to create a series of hooks,letter opener, high-carbon steel knife (how to heat treat), a pair of black-smith tongs, and a forge-welded fire rake.
This class is a pre-requisite to the Colonial Hardware and Damascus Knife-Making classes.
May 13 One Day Intensive Class
Junkyard Steel $250.00
Learn to identify various types and carbon levels of steel, and how to prepare and use them in the forge. Students will learn how to make some basic tools and how to properly heat treat them.
This class is a basic level class and has no pre-requisite.
July 28-30 Intensive Weekend Class
Colonial Hardware $450.00
($250.00 class fee + $200.00 non-refundable materials fee)
Students will learn about Colonial hardware styles and will create a set of strap hinges and a thumb latch door handle; complete hardware to hang a door.
The student must have taken Basic Blacksmithing as a prerequisite to this class.
Aug 12 One Day Intensive Class
Introduction to Knife-Making $325.00
Students will learn basic knife making; how to forge, file, and heat treat a high carbon blade using basic tools.
This class is a basic level class and has no pre-requisite.
Sept 15-16 Intensive Weekend Class
Basic Blacksmithing $450.00
($300.00 class fee + $150.00 materials fee)
Basic Forging Techniques and how to apply them to create a series of hooks,letter opener, high-carbon steel knife (how to heat treat), a pair of black-smith tongs, and a forge-welded fire rake.
This class is a pre-requisite to the Colonial Hardware and Damascus Knife-Making classes.
Sept 30 One Day Intensive Class
Junkyard Steel $250.00
Learn to identify various types and carbon levels of steel, and how to prepare and use them in the forge. Students will learn how to make some basic tools and how to properly heat treat them.
This class is a basic level class and has no pre-requisite.
Oct 6-7 Intensive Weekend Class
Damascus Knife-Making $550.00
($300.00 class fee + $250.00 materials fee)
Students will learn to prepare and weld a Damascus billett. They will forge, finish, heat treat, and etch a Damascus knife. They will also learn to manipulate the steel to create various patterns. Reproduce the blades that have been so highly prized since ancient times.
The student must have taken Basic Blacksmithing as a prerequisite to this class.
