CFI 2nd Annual Winter Blacksmithing Conference Saturday, December 2, Noon to 6pm At The Hive® at 2904 E Sprague Avenue In Studio E and the adjoining patio FREE EVENT FOR PAID MEMBERS! 2023 is our 10th anniversary and it has been a great year for the club! We are very excited to invite you all to our 2nd annual Winter Blacksmithing Conference! Part member meeting, part educational programming, part social, and part fundraiser, it is a great opportunity to meet…

CFI Fall Hammer-In October 14 & 15, 2023 10 AM to 1 PM and 2 PM to 5 PM At Morgan Jade Ironworks at 2403 E Euclid Avenue Whether it’s your first time forging or you’re a seasoned smith, we hope you’ll join us at the fall hammer-in and celebrate our decennial year! We hope you can come out and enjoy this gathering with us and help fuel CFI to keep working toward its mission of supporting and spreading the…

CFI hasn’t had a hammer-in since fall of 2019, and we are so excited to bring it back! We are changing things up a bit, and we hope you all enjoy! This is the club’s 10th year cultivating the blacksmithing community and spreading public awareness in the greater Spokane area, and we continue to adapt and grow as a blacksmithing club and a volunteer run non-profit. We appreciate everyone’s involvement in making CFI what it is today and helping to…

Sculptural Forged Necklace Class Saturday, January 28, 2023 | 1 to 4 pm Design and forge your own unique steel necklace with Mallory Battista. Chain and clasps must be purchased independently. 4 spots available Location: Morgan-Jade Ironworks, 2403 E Euclid Ave, Spokane Cost: $50 This is a winter fundraising class for CFI, and Mallory is generously donating her time to teach it. By taking this class, you are helping the club and its mission of supporting and growing the blacksmithing…

Railroad Spike Knife Class Saturday, January 21, 2023 | 10 AM to 5 PM Forge, harden, and sharpen a railroad spike knife with a twisted handle. Seven-hour class with longtime bladesmith David Corn. 3 spots available Location: Morgan-Jade Ironworks, 2403 E Euclid Ave, Spokane Cost: $100 This is a winter fundraising class for CFI, and David is generously donating his time to teach it. By taking this class, you are helping the club and its mission of supporting and growing…

Blacksmithing Fundamentals Class January or February 2023 | Various times available Learn fundamental blacksmithing techniques with David Walker, following ABANA’s National Curriculum. While students will make projects, the emphasis is on skill development and technique. 8 spots available Location: Gizmo Makerspace, 283 Hubbard Ave Suite 102, Coeur d’Alene, ID Cost: $70 This is a winter fundraising class for CFI, and David is generously donating his time to teach it. By taking this class, you are helping the club and its…

Tongs & Nutcracker Class Saturday, January 14, 2023 | Noon to 4 pm Forge a set of tongs or a nutcracker, or both if time allows, with Chris Kerney 4 spots available Location: Colbert, WA (address will be shared with registrants) Cost: $60 This is a winter fundraising class for CFI, and Chris is generously donating his time to teach it. By taking this class, you are helping the club and its mission of supporting and growing the blacksmithing community…

It’s been wonderful getting back in the swing of things this year (the hammer swing, haha). Our summer Saturday forging events were way too hot but we still had fun, and it helped our members without smithies to forge again and create their entries to the fair. The fair was a blast, with a great 10-day blacksmithing demo as well as an impressive turnout for the first-ever Ironwork Class in the Crafts Exhibit. And finally, we were back at the…

We are very excited to be back at the fair this year for our 10-day blacksmithing demo! We are looking for volunteers who would like to come out and forge with us and educate the public about the craft of blacksmithing. We spend a lot of time forging nails to give away to kids, so it’s a great time to practice the basics and just have fun with your fellow smiths. We would like to have 3 or 4 people…

Register for Our Summer Forging Saturdays Mini Hammer-Ins! July 30, August 6, and August 13, 2022 We are so excited to fire up the forges and hammer together again! Whether you want to come out and try blacksmithing for the first time, or you’d like to forge something to exhibit at the fair but don’t have a home shop, or you just want to come hammer with some old friends, we hope you’ll come join us at these three Saturday…