Hands-on class: Build your own tool tote
September 20–21, 2025—Langeland, Denmark
Within this one simple project you will practice:
- using hand tools such as planes and chisels.
- dovetail joinery.
- making square sticks round.
- working with rolling bevels and compound angles.
- making cuts from plans and patterns.
- fastening with bronze nails and screws.
Practical info
When:
Saturday Sept. 20 to Sunday Sept. 21
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day
Lunch break 12–1 p.m.
Where:
Ristingevej 41
DK-5932 Humble
Denmark
How much:Â
EUR 350, including materials and lunch each day. We will have all the tools here you'll need to complete the project. Please email Mikkel if you need a scholarship—we want this class to be accessible.
Instructors:
Mikkel Pagh
Mark Reuten visiting from Nomad Boatbuilding, Canada
Experience level:
Beginner
Activity level:
Moderate—you will be on your feet most of the day, using hand tools and making good progress. The aim is to finish constructing the tote so you can add final details at home.
Language:
The course is in English.
Food:
We will build our own "smørrebrød" (Danish rye bread open sandwiches) for lunch with vegetarian and vegan options. Have other dietary needs? We'll ask more questions in the pre-class survey.
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Can't make it this time?
Sign up for the Small Boat School email list. The online version of this course will be released in the coming weeks, and more in-person courses are on the horizon.
What students are saying:
"I'm out of a seaman's family and boats and boatbuilding has always fascinated me. At Mikkel's course I got deep into the fundamental wooden boatbuilding techniques, which has given me a number of skills that I now use in all sorts of creative work."
Freja
"When I enrolled to Mikkel's course, I was a carpentry apprentice, somewhat disillusioned by the current state of craftsmanship. In Mikkel's class, I leaned that real hand tool work still makes sense, and now I work full time as a boatbuilder."
Philip
"Taking Mikkel's boatbuilding course was my way of strengthening my inner renaissance man. It was the rare luxury of diving deep into an entirely new, fascinating subject. If you're an office worker like me, don't worry - with Mikkel at your side, you can do it!"
Michael
Mikkel Pagh
Hi, I'm Mikkel, founder and boatbuilding instructor here at Small Boat School. I'm excited to help you grow your boatbuilding skills.
