Traditional Blacksmith Course
A day in the life of a traditional blacksmith, Forge Items for the home, garden and kitchen!
Available spots
A day in the life of a traditional blacksmith! learn some of the basic principles of the ancient craft including scrolling, twisting and tapering, making a host of items to take home! A perfect course for the beginner to get stuck in and understand the intricacies of the world of steel while handcrafting items to be proud of. Surrounded by beautiful woodland in our cedar shingle forge on this environmentally friendly estate why not arrive early or stay after and enjoy the peaceful Chiltern hills looking out on the Themes River valley! Note: This Course is the Traditional version of our heritage blacksmithing course with the same structure of the day and what we make the only difference is the Forge and location - Learn more on the 'Forges' page under the Courses Tab. The Days Overview: Please arrive for a 9:30am start where you will venture into the woods to meet the team and get to know the workshop. After you have a hot drink and quick safety brief, we will light the coal forge and begin learning the basic steps of blacksmithing making a pair of BBQ or roasting skewers suitable for the oven, BBQ or open fire cooking, veggies and meat eaters alike! After a break for lunch, we will work producing decorative but utilitarian blacksmith coat hooks once a common place in every home. Finally ending the day with either a plant grow cane for the gardeners or your very own fire poker! The day will come to a close at 4pm. -You will be emailed further documentation and information upon purchase to fill out and return. -Private bookings of up to 4 people are available for this course, please get in touch to arrange. -All safety equipment provided -Over 18s only -For this course you do need to be reasonably fit and healthy as it is hot and hard work throughout the day on your feet. -If you have any concerns or disability, please get in contact to discuss what arrangements can be made to make the course more accessible for you and answer any questions -Please wear full length trousers (an old pair of jeans are ideal) and clothes you don’t mind getting dirty as well as old trainers or boots - no open toed shoes, flip flops or sliders. -Please view additional terms and conditions at the bottom of the webpage page under: terms and conditions.
Contact Details
Forge
Path Hill Farm, Reading, UK
07464114100
billy@billsworkshop.co.uk
Cancellation Policy
Course terms and conditions Our courses are designed to be fun, educational and a break from the outside world set in the Beautiful woodland forge. if you have any questions about how these courses run then do get in contact to discuss these queries, we are happy to help! These courses do involve an element of risk of injury. working with hot steel and tools can never be 100% safe, to take part in a bills workshop course you must acknowledge and agree to this danger. although we do pride our health and safety in the forge as well as fully necessary PPE, accidents can happen. Refunds if you have purchased a course but would like to cancel then please get in touch, if its 6 weeks or more before your course date then you will receive a 95% refund (or 90% for a private course) as transaction fees are deducted before the payment reaches our bank meaning these funds we never receive and therefore cannot refund the full value. if you wish to cancel a course within 6 weeks of the course then refunds are not possible as materials, time and resources have already gone into making the day possible. if you wish to 'change a date' for our courses or swap the person taking part then these are subject to availability and may incur additional admiration fees. Cancellations: Cancellations from or side do occasionally happen, these can be due to: -weather conditions (if stormy there is a strong chance we will cancel if we believe conditions may be dangerous in the woodland forge) these ca be very last minuet however we will always do our best to inform you of this possibility in advance -Illness, Unfortunately illness is something we all get every now and then. In the unfortunate case that your course is cancelled due to staff illness we will work with you to re-arrange your booking -lack off bookings, as a small company we need our courses to be more than 50% full to make them viable to run. We may inform you of this cancellation with up to 7 days notice before the course. Please get i touch or check the website to see weather your course will run, if the date is out of stock then it will be going ahead. If it is not out of stock you can always get in touch to see weather it will be or not. In either case your course will be re-located to the next available course date you can make or we will work with you to find an available date or solution, we recommend if you are travelling large distances to join to book accommodation with free cancelation.