Spear Class Taught by Emiliano Carrillo -

Prior forging experience necessary. This is an intermediate class. If you have any questions or concerns about your prior experience, please get in contact with Derick Kemper.
A link to our contact page is here.

Group class, up to 5 people - Cost $750 per person, materials included. No hidden fees.

3 Day Class - Dates September 4, 5, 6, 2026

‍We are very excited to welcome Emiliano as a guest teacher this September!
We hope you will join us for this unique class.

Emiliano’s Bio.
Emiliano began making knives in 2014 at Hampshire College where he quickly became enamored with Viking Age pattern welding and Japanese swordsmithing. There he focused on historical pattern welding and using artifacts to reverse engineer the forging techniques used on those pieces. He has had the opportunity to study many original artifacts in museums as well as private collections and this study influences every aspect of his work. In order to more closely copy and learn about the ancient work he began making bloomery iron and steel. Currently Emiliano creates Japanese style pieces out of his own smelted sand iron tamahagane and oroshigane as well as Viking spears, swords, and seaxes from the same period accurate materials.
Emiliano is @sunandstarsforge on Instagram.
Website emilianocarrillo.com

‍Description of class -
In this three-day spear making class students will be forging their own san mai Viking spears using a combination of wrought iron and modern steel.
We will create thin sheets of wrought iron which will be folded around a conical mandrel and made into sockets with forge welded seams.
We will weld together billets of high carbon steel and wrought iron which will be forged into the shape of our blades.
The two pieces will then be joined in the forge and welded together to create the rough shape of our spears.
We will cover the bevel forging and grinding of diamond cross section blades and students will finish the class with a hardened and tempered spear point ready to be mounted to a pole!

Day 1
Socket forging forge welding forge welding of blade billets.

‍Day 2
Forge welding sockets to blade cores and forging bevels grinding and heat treating of blades.

‍Day 3 
Finish grinding and polishing of blades etching blades and finishing them.

Students will complete a spear ready for a handle in this class.

Start time is 9am (each day).
Class time frame 6 to 8 hours in a single day. There will be a break for lunch.

Please note: For this particular class, and for safety reasons we cannot accept students under 15 years of age. If a student is under 18 years of age a guardian must be present for the entirety of the class. Although not required, we encourage the guardian to take the class with the student.

Instructor - Emiliano Carrillo
Location - Damselfly Forge Inc. Located in Whiteford, MD. The location is just over the line into MD.
Address - 2737 Whiteford Rd. Whiteford, MD 21160
You will be contacted within two days of your class date with info to know before attending

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‍We look forward to having you at the shop!