This 12 week formal program will provide you with the necessary skills, techniques and knowledge to;

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• Design your own medieval sword using historical references and proportional theory

• Learn the fundamentals of bladesmithing to forge sword blades, pommels and guards of varying size and design

• Grind, file and polish all the necessary parts of your sword to achieve the standard of finish desired

• Fully assemble and complete a sword as well as proper care and maintenance for it

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This program will provide the student with all the necessary equipment to forge and make swords in their own workshop.

This equipment includes: a forge, an anvil, hammer, tongs, 2x72 grinder, bench-vice, post-vice, file-set, glasses, and any additional equipment necessary for a student to begin working on their own. This equipment is theirs to keep as it's cost is included in this course.

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This course will have weekly sessions where we will go through key principles of swordsmithing followed by homework for students to complete between class sessions.

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By the end of the 12 week program, the student will receive a certificate of completion of this course, additionally they as well get to keep all the swords they produced.