Inclusions:
– English speaking instruction
– 1 bottles of water (500ml each)
– Master
– Equipments
– Products

KNIVES MAKING CLASS

Nestled in Kien Hung Commune, Ha Dong Town, Hanoi, the small, but prestigious village – Da Sy has a long – standing history of forging profession. Historically, two blacksmith ancestors of the profession – Nguyen Thuat and Nguyen Thuan came to the village several hundred years ago and taught forging technics for locals. During Vietnam wars, the village was the main source supporting weapons for Vietnam military. However, when peace returned to Viet Nam 40 years ago, the locals returned to making to agricultural implements such as ploughs, rakes… The work of making forging products is hard and complicated with various processes, such as making rough drafts, keeping fires burning, hitting red-hot iron into shape with hammers, tempering (strengthening) the metal with water – and then sharpening the final product.

In this course, you will go through all processes of making a simple knife.

• First, a design for the shape of the blade is made on a sheet of metal, specially chosen for its long-lasting strength.
• Using a hammer, cutter and anvil, the blade and tang (the metal part which extends into the handle) are cut out and then thrust into the crackling embers of the
  

• Alternating blows with the maker, the learner will then work the blade with a hammer to continue shaping The blade then has any imperfections trimmed by a hydraulic cutting machine, before it heads to the grindstone to be sharpened.
• Sharpening happens in several phases, including one round of being soaked in a special tar-based chemical wash, the recipe for which is a closely guarded family.