NGKnives: The Art Of Making
Highlights
- Immerse yourself in blacksmithing at NGKnives, where you create unique pieces in a working forge.
- Heat and shape steel alongside an experienced blacksmith, gaining hands-on skills in a traditional craft.
- Experience a grounding mental reset as you engage in the physicality of crafting with fire and metal.
- Enjoy small class sizes that prioritise skill and connection over speed, ensuring a meaningful creative journey.
NGKnives offers immersive blacksmithing experiences in a working forge environment. Visitors step away from screens and schedules and into a hands-on craft that has existed for thousands of years.
Each experience focuses on learning by doing. steel is heated, shaped and transformed using traditional tools and techniques. Guests work alongside an experienced blacksmith and are guided through every stage of the process. no prior experience is required.
NGKnives is known for its slow, intentional approach. Classes are small. Time is taken. The focus is on skill, patience and connection rather than speed or perfection. Every piece carries the marks of the maker.
The forge is also a space for mental reset. The physical nature of the work encourages focus and presence. Many visitors describe the experience as grounding and deeply satisfying.
NGKnives stands apart by offering authentic blacksmithing in a real workshop, not a staged setting. The emphasis is on heritage skills, personal achievement and creating something meaningful by hand.
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Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Offers a range of contact methods for receiving complaints.
- Companion Cards are accepted.
- Employs people with disabilities.
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
- Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
- Assistance with booking arrangements (includes providing clear itineraries with written instructions on what to do at various destinations)
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Seating in common areas including reception area
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
Physical – High support needs
Caters for people with high support needs who travel with a support person.
Allergies and intolerances
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
- Modify their cooking and cleaning practices to cater for people with food allergies or chemical intolerances (could include menus with meals free from: nuts, dairy, seafood, eggs, gluten etc).
- Staff are trained to respond to allergic reactions.
- Complies with The Food Authority requirements for allergy management in food preparation.