1 Knife Making courses delivered Online

lsikonblacksmith

I make handcrafted bespoke knives and blacksmith products. Combining modern design and traditional skill to create new and unique objects. In the world of mass production, my aim is to create objects that are truly unique and long-lasting.

beardedpigforge

Spike G Martin Blacksmith and Anvil Hog Bearded Pig forge is run by myself who having a long-standing interest in the history and craft of blacksmithing decided to pursue it as a career full time. My Journey into the amazing world of blacksmithing started with four basic course days with Ross Berry at Kaos Blacksmiths, after gaining a strong foundation from Ross I started to develop my skills at my own forge and anvil by practicing the items I had been shown how to make and then by making new pieces I began to find my own style. Over several years now I have continued to develop these methods and teach myself more about this fascinating craft, expanding my knowledge and practical skills, including branching into mixed medium work such as the knives and tooling I produce. The forge is based in the grounds of Quex park in Birchington a historical site and wonderful country estate.

the community workshop and cafe

This can contribute to an alarming rise in mental health problems that are prevalent across our society. The media and health professionals have been highlighting this for sometime now but there are still very few opportunities for individuals in our area. Our team have had considerable experience of working in educational and therapeutic settings and have first hand experience of how working creatively can have a real positive affect on the individuals involved. Our workshop brings the community together through creative and imaginative action which creates a sense of self worth and of a community that is supportive and inclusive.

nailsworth community workshop

The workshop was set up by Gavin Pond and Pam Brown in October 2009. We believe that there is a morality in craftwork that can inspire confidence and self-belief. Practical intelligence is often neither acknowledged nor respected, which results in many talented people's strengths not being recognised or nurtured, and as a consequence they loose self-confidence. Have a look at this TED talk for a reflection on education in our modern world. We live in a society where we are encouraged constantly to buy the new and disregard the old. This leads to a lack of care and respect for our surroundings and blinds us to the true worth of things. By striving to create something to the best of our ability and to see it through to the end, we learn to respect ourselves and our surroundings. By working in this way we hope to open new doors and widen horizons.

phoenix forge

think tank academy

Think Tank Academy provides training for the Childrens and Adult social care sectors. We can provide face to face or virtual classroom training on a variety of subjects at various levels and are presenting a number of those as Elearning courses on the Cademy platform. All our courses are accredited by CPD.

community cutlery

We are a UK based business and we want to be as environmentally friendly as possible, but as a business which specialises in cutlery, it’s inevitable that a large percentage of our stock is going to be produced overseas. We love buying from UK makers, it makes sense on many levels and we do so wherever we can, but when it comes to knife making, if we want our shop to represent the best that the world has to offer, then there are certain makers, companies & countries that are an absolute must when sourcing products. So having resigned ourselves to the fact that if we want to offer our customers a carefully curated range of product from some of the best makers in the world, we are going to have to air freight these products to our home base the UK. With this firmly in mind we set about looking at what we could do to help ease this environmental burden (did you know that transportation is one of the worlds biggest polluters? making up 24% of the worlds total CO2 emissions in 2016!) and offset the CO2 from our business activities.