Camp KNIFE
DAY COURSE
Under the guidance and instruction of Toby, you’ll take a piece of cold flat steel and turn it into something your family and friends will talk about for generations. You’ll make a beautiful ergonomic camp / bush craft knife with your very own hands in just a day. This day is specially designed so that any complete novice can arrive and find themselves next to an experienced fabricator or metal worker and both will leave at the end with something amazing. Toby will do as much or as little as required for each student to walk away not only proud, but the owner of a beautiful hand made knife.
Day Course
While the days primary function is to make your very own knife, you will also learn a great deal about the ancient process of knife making. For 1000’s of years the creation of knives were believed to be shrouded in myth and magic. In some circles, novices still believe many of them to be true; like ‘a blade must be quenched while facing due north to become hard and stay straight’, and ‘the quench is where a knife gains a soul.’
As you go through the process you learn why our forge needs to burn at near 1000c, what actually happens to the steel when it’s quenched, and why that makes it hard, and why it must be tempered back to stop the blade snapping in half.
And the best bit is, even after you’ve forgotten all that you learnt, you’ll still own the smartest knife and sheath of all your edc camping mates.
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You’ll take a blank of cold, hard, lifeless steel and with a little imagination and some help from the team, design the perfect bushcraft knife for you.
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You'll then take your steel to the 2x72” grinder and grind out the design onto your steel making sure it fits your hand and is comfortable. Then it’s into the forge at 815c and then a dunk into a special quenching oil to harden the steel.
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Then it’s back to the grinder to set the bevel shape where you can pick between Scandi, Sabre or full height grind depending on the type of work you’ll want your blade to undertake.
Once the grinding is done you can pick your handle cord colour to best fit your personality.
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What good is a camp knife with out a sheath to carry it in. So you’ll heat up a flat sheet of Kydex and mould it to the shape of your particular knife so it will be a perfect fit.
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Last of all, but definitely not least, you will buff up your beautiful creation to make it super sexy. Your instructor will then give it a final sharpen to make it a destroyer of sticks and rope! Then it’s time for the photo shoot and to let the world know via social media how awesome you really are.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
Take a look at what the course will consist of with our handy overview:
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