Bloomers and Buttons

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1. Ore to Axe- the bloomery movie

   By Lee Sauder, January 27
   • 4 replies
   • 721 views
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   • Joshua States
   • March 14

2. Definitions and history of "Wootz" and such 1 2 3 4 6

   By Vern Wimmer, December 9, 2017
   • 130 replies
   • 11.2k views
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   • Tim Mitchell
   • June 21, 2021

3. Refining Bloomery Iron into Hearth Steel with Hurstwic

   By Emiliano Carrillo, November 25, 2018
   • 22 replies
   • 3.3k views
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   • Emiliano Carrillo
   • November 20, 2020

4. Shear Steel; The Experiment Begins 1 2 3

   By Will Wilcox, April 15, 2018
   • 67 replies
   • 7.8k views
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   • Will Wilcox
   • November 11, 2019

5. La Farga Catalana 1 2 3

   By Mark Green, April 18, 2015
   • 51 replies
   • 12.1k views
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   • Mark Green
   • July 9, 2015

6. The Catalan forge... "Farga Catalana" 1 2 3 4 6

   By miquel, December 26, 2012
   • 138 replies
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   • M. Cochran
   • April 10, 2015

7. Roasting ore 1 2 3

   By Mick Maxen, September 8, 2014
   • 51 replies
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   • owen bush
   • September 29, 2014

8. Tatara / tamahagane 1 2

   By Niko Hynninen, September 21, 2009
   • 36 replies
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   • Niko Hynninen
   • January 13, 2011

9. My initial journey into crucible steels. 1 2 3 4 5

   By Daniel Cauble, December 13, 2017
   • 123 replies
   • 9.5k views
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   • Daniel Cauble
   • May 15

10. 'Konasamudram' Process 1 2 3 4 9

    By Jan Ysselstein, January 2, 2015   

    • Attempts at Historic Wootz
    • 206 replies
    • 29.1k views
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    • Alan Longmire
    • May 9

11. Process I learned this weekend

    By Joshua States, April 26
    • 17 replies
    • 403 views
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    • John Page
    • May 1

12. Appearance of Shear Steel vs Hearth/Bloom Steel?

    By Aiden CC, March 23
    • 14 replies
    • 555 views
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    • Christopher Price
    • April 22

13. More Hearth Steel

    By Aiden CC, May 30, 2021
    • 13 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • Aiden CC
    • April 16

14. Wootz - First Knife After Many Failed Cakes...

    By Jacob Christian, January 4   

    • wootz
    • crucible steel
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • wootz
      • crucible steel
      • bulat
    • 12 replies
    • 614 views
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    • JJH
    • March 28

15. Ancient Steel-making Methods-The Movie!

    By Lee Sauder, March 2
    • 5 replies
    • 285 views
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    • Joshua States
    • March 3

16. Water Quenching Wootz?

    By Jacob Christian, February 7
    • 9 replies
    • 456 views
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    • Doug Lester
    • February 19

17. First attempt at making bloom steel

    By Ryan Duran G, February 12, 2021
    • 6 replies
    • 602 views
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    • Ryan Hobbs
    • February 6

18. Refining crucible melts.

    By Matthew Schneider, July 15, 2021
    • 2 replies
    • 495 views
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    • Matthew Schneider
    • January 11

19. Joining the Hearth Madness

    By Jaron Martindale, December 29, 2021
    • 14 replies
    • 494 views
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    • Charles dP
    • January 7

20. Joining the madness... 1 2 3

    By Bill Schmalhofer, January 10, 2021
    • 61 replies
    • 3.2k views
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    • Bill Schmalhofer
    • November 23, 2021

21. Crucible Steel - The Rabbit Hole Entrance

    By AJ Prime, June 27, 2020   

    • crucible
    • wootz
    • 20 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • Tim Mitchell
    • November 22, 2021

22. Bit the bullet and trying my hand at crucible...

    By Al Massey, October 5, 2021
    • 7 replies
    • 428 views
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    • Tim Mitchell
    • November 21, 2021

23. Question on melting furnaces for wootz ingots and if atmospheric burners out there are suitable...

    By Al Massey, October 10, 2021
    • 6 replies
    • 373 views
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    • Tim Mitchell
    • November 20, 2021

24. USA makers: possible pure Iron supply

    By Matthew Schneider, November 13, 2021
    • 12 replies
    • 516 views
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    • Matthew Schneider
    • November 17, 2021

25. Namibian Iron ore

    By Gerhard Gerber, August 21, 2021
    • 10 replies
    • 688 views
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    • Gerhard Gerber
    • October 11, 2021