Axe Making
- Flexible Booking
- E-Voucher to your Inbox
Valid for 18 months
Flexible Booking
E-Voucher to your Inbox
Valid for 18 months
This hands-on workshop offers one of our most demanding packages, designed for those who thrive on a challenge.
- Design every aspect of your Axe
- Physical package for those that like a challenge
- All vouchers are valid for 18 months
- Available 7 days a week running twice a day
Create Your Own Axe – A Hands-On Blacksmithing Experience
Get ready for an immersive, hands-on experience where you’ll design and forge your very own axe with the guidance of our expert blacksmiths. This is your chance to experience the thrill of working with raw materials—plunging a lump of steel into the flames, watching sparks fly, and shaping it into a stunning, functional axe.
Whether you’re crafting an axe for practical use or as a beautiful display piece, you’ll discover the tremendous satisfaction that comes from transforming raw steel into a functional work of art.
What to Expect:
Intense, full-day experience where you’ll dive deep into blacksmithing techniques
Hands-on crafting from start to finish, including shaping, forging, and finishing
Ultimate challenge of skill, focus, and endurance—no prior experience needed!
It’s not for the faint-hearted! Prepare for a full day of hard work, intense focus, and the immense satisfaction of creating a one-of-a-kind axe. Whether you’re a beginner or have some experience, this experience will push your skills to the next level.
Course Details:
Duration: Approx. 7 hours (The timings provided are approximate and may vary based on the customer’s capabilities and the specific design requirements).
For beginners and experienced blacksmiths alike
Ready to take on the challenge? Book your axe-making experience today!
The price of this booking covers up to two people making one axe head during a full-day session. That’s right, add an extra person for free to join you!
We welcome groups of friends to come and take part together, simply adjust the number of people when making your booking.
If you’re buying a voucher, the voucher will entitle the recipient to a full-day session making one axe.
Please note, the handle is not included in this price and is a further cost per handle.
Be sure to dress accordingly, remembering that in the colder months it can get pretty chilly inside the workshop, despite the fires! Please wear long trousers and suitable footwear.
Make sure you follow the guidance on our website and what’s sent to you ahead of the event. And always listen to the instructions of our expert team on the day.
1 When you arrive
On arrival, you’ll be signed in and introduced to the smith who will talk through the course step-by-step and help you select which design you would like to make. We’ll discuss what you want to achieve for the day before providing you with protective equipment and a safety briefing.
2 Firing up the forge
The forge will have been lit and heating up before you arrive, so it’s ready to go! You will get an introduction on how to control and maintain the fire of the forge to a forging heat.
3 Forging the Axe Head
You will start the forging process by drifting and shaping the eye of the axe head, you will then forge the cheeks with processes such as cross peening and fullering to move and manipulate the material to its intended location.
4 Shaping the Axe Head
You will then begin work on the business end of the axe, a decorative axe is made out of mild steel and you will only shape the face of the axe, if you are making a functional axe you will begin to shape the face of the axe then forge wield the high carbon edge, this is to give you a harder blade that is better able to maintain sharpness when being used.
5 Finishing
When the axe head is shaped it is out to the grinding bay to use tools to shape and grind a bevel into the axe head using tools such as an angle grinder, if required you will harden the axe with oil quenching. If time allows our team will discuss handle options available for purchase and either assist with fitting your handle or support in how to do this yourself at home.
6 Handling
The last step is handling your axe at home, use a number of woodworking tools to shape the handle and fit your axe. This will ensure it’s smooth and comfortable to use, or simply looking beautiful to display!
7 Photo Time
It’s great fun working alongside one another and crafting something unique! Once the forging is complete, it’s time to pose for those all-important photos at our wooden stage!
