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Hammer Forging Experience for Two Hereford
Oldfield Forge, HerefordshireREF: OFHAM2
- A one-day hammer making course
- At Oldfield Forge in Hereford
- Design & make your hammer
- Use your hammer for all those DIY jobs!
What's Included
- Design and craft your very own hammer
- This voucher covers up to two people making one hammer
- Learn is how to punch the eye for the hammer, drifting a bracket to shape the eye for the hammer
- When shaping the cheek side of the hammer, you'll use fullering tools and cross peen hammers toproduce the desired shape
- Form and shape the rest of the hammer using a variety of blacksmithing techniques
- Once the hammer is forged, start he heat treating process
- When cooled you will move to the grinding bay to further refine the hammer
- The next stage is tempering – gently heating and cooling to regain the steel's toughness
- If time allows the team will discuss handle options available and either assist with fitting your handle or support in how to do this yourself at home
- Allow 7 hours on site for this experience
What Can I Expect
It's hammertime! (sorry, we couldn't resist!) Go hammer forging at Oldfield Forge in Hereford and learn how to make your very own hammer that you can pop in your tool box and use.
We love these hammer making experiences. Over the course of a day, you will amaze yourself at how you start with what is effectively a lump of steel and end up with a hammer you can proudly use at home for all those DIY jobs!
Your blacksmith hosts are highly skilled and super friendly. They are really good at tutoring you through the whole forging process from start to finish. What's good about these courses is that you can make the hammer to your design and the smithing team will help you with that as well.
The first job is to punch the eye of the hammer (that's the bit where the handle goes). And then you move onto shaping the cheek (the sides) of the hammer head. You will then continue to forge the rest of the hammer to get that recognisable hammer form.
You will be shown traditional forging techniques and whilst they are quite physically demanding, it is infinitely satisfying to see your hammer taking shape as you work.
Shaping done, it's time to temper (heat treat) the hammer to regain the steel's toughness. The final part of the process is adding a handle, before giving your completed hammer a nice grind and polish finish, ready for those ‘look what I made' photos with you proudly holding your hammer aloft!
Offering a nice twist on a traditional blacksmithing day, we think these hammer forging experiences at Hereford's Oldfield are superb. And what's more, the price is for two of you to make a hammer together, so the vouchers are really good value for money too.
When Is It Available
- Weekdays and selected Saturdays throughout the year
- All dates are subject to availability
- Due to popularity please book well in advance to avoid disappointment, weekends especially get booked quickly
Location
- Hereford, Herefordshire
Suitable For
- Minimum age 7 (must be accompanied by a participating adult)
Anything Else
- A picnic lunch is available to purchase for an additional £8.50 payable when booking your date
