Introduction to Blacksmithing: Viking Era Ironwork (2 days) in San Francisco, California For Sale

February 20th and 21st, xxxx (Saturday & Sunday / 10am - 6pm each day)
Would you like to hone your basic forging skills by making the simple yet essential articles of hardware (such as hooks, rings, chains, and hinges) that would have been common in any early European town or settlement?
This beginning / intermediate level two-day blacksmithing class will focus on traditional techniques for making small utilitarian hardware. Intermediate students will also have the chance to do some forging in wrought iron as well as the opportunity to learn and practice forge welding.
We will make simple but essential articles such as hooks, chains, rings, hinges etc., which would have been common in any early European household or encampment. We will survey an archeological text covering artifacts recovered from the Viking town of Hedeby (in northern Germany) as a guide to technique and form for various categories of hardware. Modern mild steel will be used for most projects but intermediate students will also do some forging in wrought iron in order to learn about the unique properties of this historical material. Intermediate students will also have the opportunity to forge weld small chain to gain experience in this technique.
More info and tickets here - https://www.verlocal.com/event/sf-crafting-viking-blacksmith?referral=55