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All Saturday Special Delivery orders placed before 4pm on Fridays will be guaranteed for Saturday delivery via Royal Mail

Delivery Type	Delivery Time	Price
E Voucher	Instant	Free
Standard Delivery	1st Class Royal Mail Post	£2.95
Weekday Tracked Courier (APC)	Guaranteed next working day before 4pm*	£8.99
Saturday Special Delivery (Royal Mail)	Guaranteed delivery on Saturdays	£14.50

* Next working day applies to Mainland England & Wales (Scotland & Northern Ireland 2-5 days)

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Evoucher	Sent straight to your inbox along with a separate email receipt to confirm your order.	None	Instantaneous	Free
Standard Delivery (Royal Mail)	UK Only. Despatched by Royal Mail first class post on the same day. Excludes Weekends & Bank Holidays.	Order by 4pm for same day dispatch	Estimated 2-3 days	£2.95
Weekday Tracked Courier (APC)	Signature required upon receipt. Orders received before 2pm on Fridays will be delivered the following Monday. Excludes Weekends & Bank Holidays. Orders dispatched via APC. Includes online live tracking and 2-hour delivery window which is amendable	Order by 2pm for same day dispatch	Guaranteed next working day before 4pm*	£8.99
Saturday Special Delivery (Royal Mail)	Guaranteed UK Saturday delivery. Excludes Bank Holidays. Signature required upon receipt. Valid for orders received by 4pm on Fridays. Includes online tracking and electronic proof of delivery. If nobody is available when your parcel is delivered and there isn't a safe place to leave the parcel, the delivery driver will leave a calling card with instructions on how to rearrange delivery.	Order by 4pm on Fridays	Saturdays Only	£14.50

Two Day Axe Making Course Birchington

Birchington, North Kent
REF: BPFAXE

A two-day axe making course
At Quex park in North Kent
Hosted by artisan blacksmith Spike
Handcraft your axe & handle

This voucher includes

Two Day Axe Making Course Birchington - Axe and Anvil

Two Day Axe Making Course Birchington - Axe Laying on Anvil

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What's Included

A two day axe making course
Welcome, introduction and safety briefing
Learn about the ancient craft of axe making
Over the course of two days you'll learn the basics of forging, the advanced techniques of punching and drifting the axe eye and isolating mass and steel movement
Heat treat your axe head
Refine the axe edge on the belt grinder
Shape the axe handle and fit it to your axe
Take your finished axe home with you
You may form part of a small group on the day

What Can I Expect

Book in for an axe making course in Birchington! Spend two days at Bearded Pig Forge on the lovely Quex Park estate near Birchington-on-Sea in the Thanet area of North Kent.

Over the course of a weekend, you will be in the very capable hands of Spike, a skilled artisan whose love of blacksmithing and history combines seamlessly in the very creative and skilful metal work he produces.

Adopting traditional techniques that have been used for thousands of years, you will learn how to make your very own wooden-handled axe. Spike will be with you every step of the way, but it’ll be you who will be forging that axe head shape, heat treating the blade and finishing, fashioning the handle out of wood and fitting it.

Nothing is more satisfying than stepping back and taking a good look at your creation. Not only is your axe a useful tool that’ll last a lifetime, it’s also a piece of art that you can be proud to say you crafted by hand yourself. And of course, you’ll be taking your axe home with you.

And we have to say, Spike’s workshop in the heart of Quex Park not far from Margate, is a lovely setting for a couple of days of axe making. The park, which is steeped in history, is home to lots of artisanal business, as well as farming, outdoor activities and more.

Axe making in Birchington’s Quex Park is available over selected Saturdays and Sundays throughout the year and Spike will be ready with the forged fired up and the anvils ready to welcome you into his world!

Availability

Courses operate across a Saturday and Sunday throughout the year
Sessions start at 09:30 finishing at approximately 16:00
Dates are subject to availability
Due to popularity it is recommended you book 8-12 weeks in advance for this experience