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Japanese Sword Forging Class with Mastersmith Howard Clark

February 19 - 24, 2012

Learn from one of the most sought after makers of Japanese style sword blades in his own shop.

Class objective; to walk out with a Wakizashi blade in hand, heat treated, and shaped, ready for polishing. The goal is for the student to understand how traditional Japanese style swords are shaped and heat treated, and to make one of the style you wish. We will touch briefly on history, but the focus is more on shape, and the actual making of the sword blade. We will be using 1086 as our material and a traditionally inspired Japanese clay heat treat.

Skill level: Intermediate blade forging skills and up, strong bladesmithing skills are recommended.

Class size: Two

As one of only two students you will learn in a full immersion hands on arena under the close guidance of Howard.

Cost: $1000

Contact Christine for more information and to enroll.

1086 Osaraku Tanto available

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Who will polish and mount my awesome Howard Clark blade?

The L6 and 1086 sword blades

Howard's purpose is to provide the highest quality, functionally unsurpassed and elegant Japanese style sword blades possible. He also provides accurate information related to damascus, heat treating, forging, metallurgy and knives. Howard has been a member of the ABS since 1988 and an ABS Mastersmith since 1992. He has been a member of the Knifemaker's Guild since 1993 and a voting member since 1995.