Fire striker & leather tinder pouch making workshop

March 1, 2026
10:30 am - 3:00 pm

£65.00

Spend a day carving your very own fire striker and hand sewing a leather tinder pouch to keep it in, then we will look at how to use the fire striker and practise fire lighting with lots of different tinders. This course is a great way to get started with friction fire lighting.

6 places available

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Spend a day carving your very own fire striker and leather tinder pouch to keep it in.  Then later in the day we will look at how to use the fire striker and practise fire lighting with lots of different tinders.

This course is a great way to get started with friction fire lighting, learn some whittling and how to hand sew a leather pouch.

This course is for anyone who would like to be able to light fires by friction and create (or give away to a special crafter in your life) a unique fire striker and leather tinder pouch.  The course is more than learning to light a fire, make a striker or sew a pouch, it’s a chance to reconnect with the outdoors and switch off from all of life’s little stresses.

What to bring

All tools and materials will be provided, but do wear closed toe footwear, practical and warm clothes, and a packed lunch.
Refreshments, tea, coffee and biscuits, will be provided.

What you will learn

  • Fire lighting using a fire striker
  • Different tinders and how to light them
  • Safe knife cutting and carving techniques
  • Creating and shaping a wooden handle for the fire striker
  • Cutting, sewing and riveting leather by hand

Tutor: Neil Hopkins of Forge Ways is the tutor for this course.

Neil moved to the Dyfi Valley in 2007 near Machynlleth to work as a Renewable Engineering Project Manager and to live a more sustainable way of life on a smallholding, nestled in the foothills of the Cambrian Mountains. He has a passion for traditional skills and low impact ways of living, combined with a wealth of experience instructing in the outdoors. Neil has diverse qualifications and experience of arboriculture and green woodworking. He can often be found amongst the mountains as a member of his local mountain rescue team.

He has developed his skills using traditional methods and hand tools such as shave horse, pole lathe, froe, axe, crook knife and creates both beautiful and practical items from wood gathered locally.

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You may also be interested in other creative workshops at Denmark Farm.
Please see our events calendar for our full list.

For discounted on-site accommodation during this workshop please take a look at our range of accommodation

All proceeds from our events and holidays are ploughed directly back into the charity that manages our 40 acre nature reserve. Thank you for your support and please do come to visit soon.

 

Funded by UK Government

This project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, administrated and supported by the Cynnal y Cardi Team for Ceredigion County Council.