Events

Registration is now open for the 2025 NWBA Spring Conference! The conference will be May 30th through June 1, 2025 at the Cowlitz County Fairgrounds/Event Center – NWBA Mentoring Center in Longview, WA. Featured Demonstrators on Friday and Saturday will include Ellen Durkan, Delaware and Max Randolf, California with John Paul serving as Sunday’s “Hot […]

This class is designed for people with little or no experience in blacksmithing. We’ll cover the basic theory and practice in the craft, introductory metallurgy, and basic tool design and use. Each day will involve demonstrations of basic techniques and projects, with most of the time spent with students working on projects that involve practice […]

This one-week workshop will be focused on these two absolutely essential tools for blacksmithing.  Pared down from the more expansive two-week Blacksmith’s Tools class held in previous years, we’ll focus on the design and forging of hammers and tongs that are better than you can buy, using fundamental blacksmithing skills. We’ll use both power hammers […]