Forged in Fire Class in Brooklyn
What do you get for a person who has everything? I get them a class in something they have never done and I think they might enjoy. I’m a teacher so I know people love learning new things. I found Theo Nazz, a Forged in Fire Champion was giving classes at his forge in Red Hook – 201 Richards Street Brooklyn, New York 11231. I highly recommend his class if you want to learn this. Theo has a good sense of humor and is an excellent teacher.
For Lee’s birthday this year, I got him a class in blacksmithing. I don’t watch television much, but I do like watching Forged in Fire with Lee. He loves watching the blacksmiths create knives and I love seeing the different contestants that come to Brooklyn to film the show.
If you follow me on Instagram, you have already seen these pictures and I have gone live during some of the classes too. This is the knife I am making: (it wasn’t quenched or sharpened yet)
The knife was formed from a steel bar – see them leaning up against the wall.
It took a lot of heating and hammering, but it’s so worth it when you see the knife forming.
Theo showed us how to quench the blade.
What they don’t show you on Forged in Fire is that the knife is heated in an oven for a few hours.
Hugs,
marlene
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