Bloomers and Buttons

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1. Shear Steel; The Experiment Begins

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   By Will W., April 15, 2018
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   • March 16

2. Definitions and history of "Wootz" and such

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   By Vern Wimmer, December 9, 2017
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   • Jan Ysselstein
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3. La Farga Catalana

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   By Mark Green, April 18, 2015
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   • Mark Green
   • July 9, 2015

4. The Catalan forge... "Farga Catalana"

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   By miquel, December 26, 2012
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   • M. Cochran
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5. Roasting ore

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

6. Tatara / tamahagane

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   By Niko Hynninen, September 21, 2009
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   • Niko Hynninen
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7. 'Konasamudram' Process

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   By Jan Ysselstein, January 2, 2015   

   • Attempts at Historic Wootz
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   • Jan Ysselstein
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8. My first smelt attempt (partial success!)

   By Andrew W, February 25
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   • Alan Longmire
   • March 14

9. Georgian 'Bulat' technology by Zaqro Nonikashvili

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   By Klaas remmen, November 22, 2010
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10. early medieval steel. to bloom or not to bloom?

    By James Simonds, January 14
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11. My initial journey into crucible steels.

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    By Daniel Cauble, December 13, 2017
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    • Jan Ysselstein
    • January 7

12. Wootz book by John Verhoeven

    By Tim Mitchell, August 24, 2018
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    • Alan Longmire
    • November 10, 2018

13. First Tatara Smelt

    By Jake Howard, March 8, 2017
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    • JJ Simon
    • November 5, 2018

14. In Search of Hamon, Experiments at the Forge #1

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    By Jan Ysselstein, August 16, 2015   

    • Sole Smithing in the BoneYard
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    • Jan Ysselstein
    • October 19, 2018

15. Believe-ability of "primitive" iton smelting videos

    By JeffEvarts, September 25, 2018
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    • Joshua States
    • September 26, 2018

16. Question on Wootz- specifically, old patterns vs. new...

    By Al Massey, June 17, 2018
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    • Tim Mitchell
    • August 23, 2018

17. Iron ore locations

    By Jeremy Absher, June 26, 2018
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    • justin carnecchia
    • August 12, 2018

18. Magnetite

    By Will Urban, July 23, 2018
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    • Will Urban
    • July 23, 2018

19. Shop floor grinding dust?

    By Jeremy Blohm, June 28, 2018
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    • Jeremy Blohm
    • June 29, 2018

20. Smelting Blower Specs

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    By J.Arthur Loose, September 2, 2017
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    • Eric Dennis
    • June 20, 2018

21. First smelt failure post-mortem analysis

    By Drepanon, April 3, 2017
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    • Alan Longmire
    • May 23, 2018

22. Help with ore and starting out bloomery!

    By Nick Bell, May 14, 2018
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    • May 14, 2018

23. Pit Charcoal

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    By Jan Ysselstein, February 11, 2014   

    • Saving waste wood carbon
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    • Jan Ysselstein
    • May 1, 2018

24. Identifying slag?

    By Drepanon, April 14, 2018
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    • owen bush
    • April 15, 2018

25. Reflection to the ancient steel.

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    By Niko Hynninen, October 20, 2012
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    • Richard Furrer
    • February 22, 2018