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2.5 day course. Student will create: 

-CPM-154 CM stainless steel (or equivalent)

-Full tang 8.5" Chef knife with flat grind.

-Dovetail Bolsters

-Stabilized wooden handle 

-One mosaic pin of choice for handle

-Heat Treat in Even Heat digital oven. 

-All materials for one knife are included

-For an additional fee, students can upgrade handle material to exotic wood, bone, tusk(mammoth), tooth(mammoth) or other phenolic, Micarta, Kirinite, Hybrid, antler, etc. as supplies afford.

3.5 Day Course

-Same process as Stainless Steel class but:

-Stainless steel is substituted for a pre made Damascus billet of 15n20 X 1084 high carbon steel. Enough steel to make a nice random pattern knife.

-Etching with Ferric Chloride to reveal pattern.

-For an additional fee, student can upgrade to different Damascus patterns. 

Student will create a alternating stack of 15n20 and 1084 layers, weld them together, add a handle, and use the hydraulic press and rolling mill to create a pattern welded billet. Different dies and grinds can be done to change the pattern, limited only to the time available in the course. Normally students have enough steel to make a few knives and sell some Damascus to supplement the cost of the class.