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Decorative Dragon Pin, in black paper micarta. Kydex sheath with Ulticlip.

This stunning Damascus Cleaver was made by Jack at LLForge's "Damascus from Billet to Blade" knife-making experience. You can make your...

Caleb made a skinner with Zebrawood scales and a hand-stitched leather sheath. Meagan chose to make a Santoku knife with Indian Rosewood scales, brass pins, and a Kydex sheath.

120 Layer 15N20 and 1084 steel with pine cone resin scales, brass pins, and a hand-stitched leather sheath. Made by John at LLForge "From Billet to Blade" knifemaking experience. A unique immersive knifemaking experience starting with 1.25" wide bar stock, stacking an alternating 15N20 / 1084 steel billet, and forge welding to 120 layers. The billet is forged into a knife profile, ground to shape, beveled, hardened, and etched before being fitted with resin scales. A hand

Ready to finish. This Santoku style kitchen knife made from 1084 and 15N20 steel was made by Chris Neederhill at my "Damascus from Billet to Blade" knife making forge experience. Amazing what someone with no previous forge experience can accomplish with the right tools and proper instruction. Chris will be returning to the forge next week to attach his scales and do a final sharpening and clean up.

Discover the secrets of Damascus knife making with LLForge's "From Billet to Blade" experience, suitable for beginners and experts alike. Become a master of Damascus knife making with LLForge's "From Billet to Blade" experience. Whether you're a beginner or an expert, this one-of-a-kind opportunity is perfect for you. Discover the secrets of the trade and unleash your creativity to create knives that are as beautiful as they are functional. Join us now and take the first ste

LLForge is now booking six unique hands-on blacksmithing, bladesmithing, and metalworking experiences! Choose from " Learn-to-Forge " You will learn the basics of forging iron with a coal-fired forge. You'll meet me at my shop, and with a hammer in hand you'll learn the basics of the art of blacksmithing. You will square, taper, twist, bend, scroll, and flatten the metal into your unique wall hook. " Forge a Railroad Spike Knife ," You will be using a coal-fired forge, tr

After 15 months of recovery and a complete rebuild of the shop LLForge is up and running, I hosted my first "Learn to Forge" experince guests on Sunday, 10/22/23. It felt great to be back in the forge. The new set up worked flawlessly. There is some drywall finishing, painting and trim work left that I should be able to get done in the next month or so. We all made wall hooks from 3/8" square stock. Charlie and his son Colt hammered out two nice hooks that they'll remem