The Barefoot Forge

Home
United States
Allison Park, PA
The Barefoot Forge

Pittsburgh's Premier Blacksmithing School! With over 3,000 students served- we're proud to be Pittsburgh's Premier Blacksmithing experience!

We offer public classes in beginner forging and specialize in stainless damascus steel wedding bands- you can even come MAKE YOUR OWN RING! Come try your hand at blacksmithing in one of our introductory courses, learn to weld, or hone your skills in pattern welding in our Damascus Steel Making Class! We even offer the opportunity for you to come and MAKE YOUR OWN RING! We specialize in stainless steel damascus, which we proudly produce entirely in house! Our wedding rings are engineered to have bold contrast and unique patterns, each one is hand forged individually for YOUR finger!

10/29/2026

Coffee scoop class is back on the schedule! We’ve got two coffee scoop classes on the November schedule, and are excited to add this in as a “regular” class!!

We run everything as a secret class with friends time and time again until we’re confident in every aspect of the class before bringing the public in for “pilot classes”. After enough pilot classes, once every fixture, instruction, custom tool, storyboard, set of steps, and every possible mode of failure has been adressed, once the timing is perfect, then and only then do we get to launch a new class! So this is exciting!
If you take a class at our shop, you can be confident that it’s as refined as it possibly can be, and we’re thrilled to bring this one into the regular rotation!

We’ve made over 100 coffee scoops, in our shop, with that instructor, before we’re ready to let you in- and now we’re confident that you’ll have an awesome time!!! Oh ya, and coffee scoops will be in inventory on the website and ready to ship soon!

So come and be one of the first to make an awesome scoop with us! November 5th or 8th.
And the rest of the class schedule is live on the site, grab a spot before they all fill again.

#412

10/15/2026

I’ve spent the summer spreading positive messages in graffiti (legally, in a designated graffiti park). I’ve been working on my shading and color selection- but my messaging has been consistently about spreading smiles.
Here’s my latest work.

You’re awesome!

10/04/2026

The moment you’ve all been waiting for……
It’s happened again!

Once again, I’m thankful the sign absorbed the energy and dissolved, minimizing the damage to the car and preventing any injury. But once again, we got to put it back together.

We’re making a plaque for the shop, and will be engraving the names and dates of each person moving forward. We’re also working on a sign that will show how many days since the last time it was hit, easily resetable of course. lol.

Cheers!

09/26/2026

October blacksmithing classes have been posted, and filling fast! Fall is a lovely time to come make things!
See ya soon!

#412

08/31/2026

It’s maintenance time here in the shop. We’re back to teaching classes this week- back from a lovely summer break, and working hard to improve and restore everything in the shop to peak condition for our next season of students! Every anvil’s got a personality and a history, it’s our duty to keep those stories alive and to craft new ones, with you!

Come dent our anvils, we’re here for it!

08/26/2026

We’re back! After another summer of adventures and recharging- we’re ready to get back to the business of sharing cool experiences! The September schedule is live on the website and filling in, and we’re ready and excited to see you!

06/29/2026

Summer.

06/08/2026

Three rivers arts festival is coming up soon for us! Congratulations to the great artists that were there for the first session, now come back out next weekend and see us for the second session!
We’re launching the new Arts Landing Park with our presence, in booth #13 (it’s a taylor swift reference, you’ll get it some day) from June 11-14th!

We’ve got all your favorite gifts, and we’ve got some really great stuff to show off and chat about. Come see us, we’re excited to see YOU!
I’m continuously proud of you and thankful for you- YOU support the artists and events that make this city so damn cool, and I can’t thank you enough for being a part of this wild ride! See ya there!

05/31/2026

Having a blast in the last round of knife classes before summer break! Making pointy/stabby things with from forged in fire!

It’s become SUCH a refined class, definitely one we’re proud of!

There’s two rose classes and one welding class in June, which will fill fast- then classes resume in September, with a schedule that will post in August.

05/29/2026

Last call for classes!
We have a few spots left this weekend, and then we blissfully disappear for the months of June, July, and August! Classes will resume in September, with septembers schedule coming out in mid August.
We might sprinkle in a few in June, but idk… I’m like a senior counting down the days till summer break, im excited for some awesome adventures!

You’ll be able to see us at the Three Rivers Arts Festival, as well as a few other demos and shows throughout the summer, but there will be no classes or ring making opportunities until we resume in September.

Address

2984 Harts Run Road
Allison Park, PA
15101

Website

http://www.thebarefootforge.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when The Barefoot Forge posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.