He makes really nice damasus knifes.

I personally have not attended the class but it sounds good.

 

http://www.newenglandschoolofmetalwork.com/bladesmithing/index.php?page=bladesmithing-101-with-burt-foster

 

June 25-29 (5 days)

8am to 5pm daily

Tuition: $775.00

Skill level: Beginner and up

 

This 5-day experience will be much more than a knife making class. A student of this class will have the experience of making an artistic, yet functional knife will almost no power equipment. Using barely more than a forge, files and sandpaper, we will take a bar of steel through forging, heat treating, and finishing of a blade, and transform it into a personal work of art from your hands. If you are interested in becoming a knifemaker, this will give you a glimpse at the entire process, and will teach you to use minimal tools to create a beautiful cutting tool that does not require thousands of dollars to finish. If you are a collector - a fan of the forged blade - and you'd like to spend five days having a great time and leaving with a finished knife for your collection that you made, then you'll want to check this out.

That looks like a cool class. I always wanted to try something like this but thought you would need a lot of tools. I see I am wrong. Not sure I could make that class but I saved the site for future reference.

Sounds pretty cool, but that's a lot of scratch.