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Date Night: Build a Custom Copper Lamp

Craftsman Ave @ 117B 11th St, Brooklyn, NY

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Date Night: Make a Custom Chef Knife (One Session)

Craftsman Ave @ 117B 11th St, Brooklyn, NY

Craft your own custom chef knife from scratch in this immersive workshop, where you'll learn the art of knife making from design to completion. With expert guidance, master the reductive technique using high-carbon steel to craft a professional-grade knife tailored to your preferences. From shaping the blade to fitting the handle perfectly, elevate your culinary experience with a knife crafted by your own hands.

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Buddy Up: Make a Custom Chef Knife (One Session)

Craftsman Ave @ 117B 11th St, Brooklyn, NY

Craft your own custom chef knife from scratch in this immersive workshop, where you'll learn the art of knife making from design to completion. With expert guidance, master the reductive technique using high-carbon steel to craft a professional-grade knife tailored to your preferences. From shaping the blade to fitting the handle perfectly, elevate your culinary experience with a knife crafted by your own hands.

(524) Beginner 18 and older
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Date Night: Make a Custom Knife

Unleash your inner craftsman and create a personalized kitchen blade like no other. Join us for an immersive workshop where you'll learn the art of knife making, from shaping the steel to crafting a custom handle. Get ready to forge a blade that perfectly fits your hand and style.

  • Beginner
  • 18 and older
  • $585 for 2 people
  • 117B 11th St, Brooklyn, NY
  • 4 hours

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  • $585 for 2 people($292.50/person)
  • Craftsman Ave Studio @ 117B 11th St, Brooklyn, NY 11215
  • 4 hours
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Date Night: Make a Custom Knife (Introduction to Knife Making)

  • Price is for one couple to make one knife together. Includes a pizza and bottle of wine to share in both workshop sessions

Click here if you want to book for the regular single attendee class instead.

Have you ever thought about what kind of person handcrafts their own kitchen knives? It may sound like the stuff of legends, but in just two 4 hour sessions, that person could be YOU.

In this workshop, you will make a classic French Chef, a vegetable slicer, a cleaver or a utility/hunting knife (you choose!), using the reductive (stock-removal) technique.

You start with a raw, rectangular piece of annealed tool steel, then cut, shape and polish it into a bonafide kitchen blade. As the knife creator, you can customize and scale your design so your knife perfectly fits your hand.

After the first session, your young knife will remain at Craftsman Ave for hardening and tempering before you return for the second session.

In the second session (held the same day/time of the following week), you’ll create a custom brass-pinned hardwood handle for your knife and polish your blade to look exactly how you want it to (Shiny? Rugged? You decide!)

Finally, you’ll sharpen your blade to a razor’s edge using our custom sharpening jigs. Be as dramatic as you want!

If you’re interested in forging your own knife, which is knife making centered around red hot metal, hammers, and anvils, check out our Forge a Custom Knife workshop

Skill Level: No prior experience is required. This workshop is designed to introduce you to the core concepts of knife making:

  • Profiling
  • Beveling
  • Polishing
  • Handle-making
  • Sharpening

Tools and techniques: You will use various hand tools to shape your knife, including:

  • Hacksaws
  • Files
  • Sanding blocks
  • You’ll also use belt sanders and rotary tools to make your knife.

Refund Policy

  • Cancellations or rescheduling requests 7 business days or more prior to start of a workshop can receive a 95% refund (less one time enrollment fee) or full credit towards a future workshop.
  • Cancellations or rescheduling requests between 7-3 business days prior to start of a workshop will receive a credit of 50% towards a future workshop.
  • Cancellations or rescheduling requests made within 3 business days prior to start of a workshop will not receive any refund or credit.

All cancellation/rescheduling requests should be sent directly to [email protected]

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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Craftsman Ave

We transform "regular folks" into welders, woodworkers, welders, jewelry makers, leather crafters, knife forgers, and stained glass artisans in just one workshop.

Our hands-on workshops run from 2 to 4.5 hours and are taught by local makers, artists & designers in Brooklyn.

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