Knifemaking Classes in North Carolina ***2016 Classes now listed***

[Barry Jones]

Each year the North Carolina Custom Knifemakers Guild offers classes dealing with various aspects of knifemaking. The NCCKG does this in conjunction with Montgomery Community College in Troy, NC.

The classes are taught by some of the most recognized knifemakers in the US. If you can't learn something from these guys then there is something wrong with you. Even if you are a veteran knifemaker you can learn something from them.

I highly recommend that anyone interested in making knives should sign up and take the classes offered. You don't have to have ANY prior knifemaking experience to take these classes.


MCC is pleased to announce our upcoming 2016-2017 Knife Making Schedule. Registration will open Monday, August 1st at 8:00AM!

http://www.montgomery.edu/


Fixed Blade, Grinding
Ed & Tanya VanHoy
September 1 ? 4 (Th-Sun)
Room: 172
Cost: $375 (1 meal included)
The class will consist of a course that will take students into the first phase of knife construction. It will define the anatomy and construction of a fixed blade knife. The student will learn how to design, properly layout the grinding lines, lay out lines for drilling, and handle / scales . It will start from basic grind preparation and end in the student having a finished blade that will then be completed into a finished knife. The student will have the opportunity to do more than one blade if he chooses to do so. This may of course dictate if he will have a finished knife. A certificate of completion will be given to each student.

Folding Knives
Ed & Tanya VanHoy
October 6 ? 9, 2016 (Th-Sun)
Room:172
Cost: $375 (1 meal included)
The class will consist of a course designed to take a student through each phase of constructing a folding knife. It will define the anatomy and construction. The types for the knife will be a bolstered folder. It will be designed in a way that students will be able to make it at home with limited hand and machine tools. The course will have a well written manual that will include the design, materials list, and a suppliers list . The student will complete a finished folding knife in the class and will receive a certificate on completion.

Wilderness Survival Knife
Barry & Phillip Jones ?The Jones Brothers?
October 13th ? 16th, 2016 (Thurs-Sun)
Cost: $375 (1 meal included)
Of all the survival equipment available, the most useful and most necessary is a good knife. Knives allow you to cut tree branches to make shelter, prepare firewood to keep you warm, hunt, prepare what you get from your hunt and a host of other necessary tasks. If you only have one tool with you at all times, it has to be a knife. This class will be a hands-on guide in making the perfect Wilderness Survival Knife!

Forged Tomahawks
Tim Scholl
October 27 ? 29, 2016 (Th-Sat)
Room:172
Cost: $375 (1meal included)
Learn to make adorned tomahawks using traditional forging, heat-treating, and handle finishing methods. Students will complete a tomahawk by the end of the course.

Damascus Patterns & Blades
Burt Foster
November 4 ? 6 (Fri?Sun)
Room: 172
Cost: $375 (1 meal included)
Description: A Damascus class for students with some forging and grinding experience who want to learn more about making high-performance, exhibition worth Damascus knife blades. We will discuss steel selection, basic and advanced pattern development, and Damascus blade forging and finishing. Basically everything from choosing the right steel to polishing your completed blade. This will be a hands-on class where each student will have the opportunity to make a couple different Damascus billets as well as heat treating and polishing samples from each billet.

Basic Blade Smithing
Bill Wiggins
January 12-15, 2017 (Th-Sun)
Cost: $375 (1 meal included)
Class Limit: 8 Students
Hands-on course in the proper forging, heat treating, and finishing of a knife blade. Topics covered will be steel selection, forges and forging tools, heat treating, and finishing of the forged blade.

[Barry Jones]

I just posted the class list for 2009.

[talmagemark]

Barry-has the schedule been set for the 2010 classes? Thanks!

[Barry Jones]

We usually get the new schedule sometime around January 1st so it shouldn't be too much longer till we all know what's what.

[Barry Jones]

2010 class schedule has been posted.

[nthe10ring]

Any info on the 2011 classes as yet.

Jerry Fisher

[Barry Jones]

I just edited my original post to show the 2011 class schedule.

Hope to see some of you folks there.

[Barry Jones]

2012 class schedule has been posted.

[clw3]

Hey Barry,

Advanced Knifemaking Techniques - Travis Daniel

September 20 - 23, 2012
Cost $375

This will be an intensive class covering Damascus steel making, basic and advanced pattern development, and finishing. The class will address many aspects of making Damascus steel including billet preparation, steel combination, and tooling."

Is this correct? The title is for Travis' Advanced class but the description is for making damascus.

[Barry Jones]

Thanks for catching that, Curt. I just copied and pasted directly from the school's website. They have since gone in and corrected it and I corrected it in the list above.

No damascus class this year

[Barry Jones]

There will be knifemaking classes. There were a couple of schedule conflicts that the school is working to remedy so the official knifemaking schedule is yet to be released.

[aith]

Thanks Barry..........Lou

[stillwaters]

I am interested in the basic course. Will it be offered in 2013?

[Barry Jones]

Originally Posted by stillwaters

I am interested in the basic course. Will it be offered in 2013?

The plan is to offer the basic class twice. Both should be offered sometime in September and October. I'll post the exact dates as soon as the school lets me know them.

[Barry Jones]

2013 class schedule is open for registration.

http://www.montgomery.edu/nra-courses.html