The Anchorage House Museum will be open on the second Monday from 6-7p .
The Anchorage House Museum will be open on the second Monday from 6-7p .
Located just beyond our 19th century replica timber frame shop is the very active GTHS School of Blacksmithing. Our resident blacksmith Jamie Gier has put our school on the map, organizing classes in blacksmithing skills, knife making, metal arts, and more, led by talented instructors and artisans.
This weekend’s knife class with Joe Seabolt and Joe McGee went very well. Those who attended all took home very nice knives. We do not have any classes scheduled for this summer but are looking for input as to what folks would participate in. We are working on a one day forge welding workshop covering how to create the right conditions to successfully forge weld as well as a few different types of scarfs. Please give it some thought and let either Joe or myself know if you have an idea or requested project.
We do have a couple things scheduled for this fall.
October 5 & 6th Josh Rachita will teach the principals of 18th century reproduction ironwork by focusing on kitchen utensils. Forging techniques, filing and whitesmithing will be learned in the traditional manner taught and used at Colonial Williamsburg. Tution $350 plus $25 materials fee.
November 1, 2 & 3rd Frank House and Joe Seabolt knife class. This class folks get to forge and finish either a through tang or slab handle knife. Learn to pour pewter bolsters, add cross guards. Covers forging techniques, heat treating, filing and aging processes to take home a knife of heirloom quality. Tuition $525 plus $25 material fee. Only a couple of spot left.
November 16 & 17th Frank House is offering a class on pouring brass gun parts. He will provide the masters for participants to copy using sand cast molds to make their own hardware for flintlock rifles. I do not have all the details at this point but more information will be coming.
Please follow our Facebook page Goshen Historical Society School of Blacksmithing for photos and to share information with our private group. One last thing I was contacted by a local guy who is selling his blacksmithing tools due to health reasons. If interested I can put you in touch with him. I believe is just basic hand tools, vise and anvil. of spots.
Jamie Gier
419-209-2661
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We are still working on fall class offerings. Please check again for updates.
To register contact Jamie Gier at 419.209.2661. Payment can be made directly on our website or if paying by check, make payable to GTHS and mail to 6777 Linton Rd. Goshen OH 45122.
Please let Resident Blacksmith Jamie Gier know other areas of study you would be interested to see on our schedule. All of the classes have a limited number of spots available. Please note: if we do not have enough participants to break even (covering instructor and materials costs), the class will be cancelled and registered participants will be issued a full refund.
Class size varies from 6 to 10, depending on instructor’s preference. Deposit of 50% required to hold your spot. Payment in full is preferred.
Regardless of your selected payment type, contact Jamie Gier confirm your reserved spot for the class by phone 419.209.2661 or email jamie@evansfuneralhome.com
We are indeed fortunate to work with incredibly talented artisans from
around the country.
Known for more than 100 years as the Cook Farm, the Cook Log Cabin Heritage Center features a restored 1803 log cabin, a century old bank barn, a replica 19th century timber frame blacksmith shop and livery, and several other outbuildings. Near the back of the property, in a transformed 1950's barn, is the GTHS School of Blacksmithing. The former Cook Farm now serves as a living history site, depicting farm life from pioneer times through the Great Depression era. This rural setting, dotted with structures from times gone by, adds to the experience of those who come to learn blacksmithing and other metal arts.
Blacksmithing Coke for Sale
We have recently purchased 3.5 tons of blacksmithing coke, the best solid fuel used by our resident blacksmith. Nice .5" x 1.5" chucks. Burns hot and clean with no smoke or dust. It is available for 50 cents per pound. Bring your own containers. A scale is available at the GTHS School of Blacksmithing ( 5 gallon bucket weighs 24 pounds). Coke is lighter by volume than coal and has higher BTUs.
Blacksmith Supplies for Sale
We have coke, butcher block brushes, and Kevlar gloves available through the GTHS School of Blacksmithing. Proceeds go to facility improvements.
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