Class: Blacksmith Beginnings

Taught by Justin Riley of Riley River Forge, Dixie WA
Friday 9am to 5pm, Saturday 9am to 2pm; July 11-12, 2025.

Materials fee $10
Suggested tuition: $100

Learn the basics or brush up on your skills. Either way, Justin will have you making several different tools, each with its own set of skills to help the learning process. During this course you will learn hammer swing techniques, anatomy of an anvil and different types, anatomy of coal/gas forge, coal vs charcoal vs gas, hammer types and their uses, ton types and their uses, setting up your smith, smithy safety and steel identification techniques. Minimum age 13, maximum 6 students Equipment needed—if you have tools, bring them, otherwise everything is provided.

For Registration: https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/flora-school-education-centers-class-registration

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