With: Jason Breen

Class Fee: $40

Class Size: 8 / Ages 16 and older

Using power and hand sharpening devices, we move on from garden tools in the first tool sharpening class, to learn how to safely sharpen your scissors, knives or chisels. Bring some dull tools to class and return home with sharp ones.

Jason Breen is a Brattleboro-based custom furniture maker and member of the Guild of Vermont Furniture Makers. He studied instrument building and history at Marlboro College, which he paid for by building timber frames and cabinets. Traditional tools have inspired his work ever since he inherited his ancestors’ hand planes.