U.S. — Beginner Blacksmiths Sign Up for Knife-Forging Classes

A knife-making program billed as "Evil Shenanigans Blacksmithing: On the Clock" surfaced this month in a report distributed via Yahoo and indexed by Google News under the headline "Learn how to make your own knives with Evil Shenanigans Blacksmithing: On the Clock." It arrives alongside two other beginner-focused blacksmithing items published in September, pointing to a season of new entry points for people who want to learn the trade without owning a forge.

What does the Evil Shenanigans Blacksmithing report describe?

The available reporting consists of the headline and its Yahoo/Google News listing, which frames the piece as instructional: a path for a newcomer to learn how to make a knife under the "On the Clock" banner. No pricing, location, or instructor detail accompanies the headline in the material reviewed, and this report does not add facts beyond what that headline states.

Where else are new knife-forging classes opening?

In Portland, Oregon, a local blacksmith has started offering knife forging classes, according to a September 17 report from Breakthrough Blacksmithing. Separately, a September 16 report from the same outlet described blacksmithing returning to Gretna Green, the Scottish village long associated with the trade, 150 years after the craft last operated there in that setting.

What ties these programs together?

Each item — the Yahoo-indexed knife-making piece, the Portland classes, and the Gretna Green return — centers on the same basic proposition: someone with no prior forging experience can walk into a shop and leave having made something. None of the three reports available describe a shared organizer, funding source, or coordinated campaign. The pattern is topical rather than confirmed as a single trend by any cited authority.

By the numbers

• 150 years: the gap since blacksmithing was last practiced in Gretna Green before its September 2026 return, per Breakthrough Blacksmithing.
• 3 reports in 12 days: the Evil Shenanigans Blacksmithing item, the Portland classes item, and the Gretna Green item published between September 16 and September 27, 2026.

What should a beginner expect before signing up?

None of the sourced reports specify cost, tool requirements, or class length for the Evil Shenanigans Blacksmithing program or the Portland classes. Prospective students weighing any knife-forging class are typically better served checking directly with the shop for safety equipment policy, minimum age, and whether raw stock or a starter kit is included, since those details were not part of the material reviewed for this report.

The originating Yahoo/Google News item for "On the Clock" can be read in full at the Google News link. The Portland report is available from Breakthrough Blacksmithing, and the Gretna Green report is at Breakthrough Blacksmithing.