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Bloomers and Buttons

For the growing field of smelting iron and steel. This forum is open to crucible and bloomery discussions.

867 topics in this forum

  1. Definitions and history of "Wootz" and such

    By Vern Wimmer,
    • 120 replies
    • 1,933 views

  2. La Farga Catalana

    By Mark Green,
    • 51 replies
    • 7,733 views

  3. The Catalan forge... "Farga Catalana"

    By miquel,
    • 138 replies
    • 30,718 views

  4. Roasting ore

    By Mick Maxen,
    • 51 replies
    • 9,436 views

  5. Tatara / tamahagane

    By Niko Hynninen,
    • 36 replies
    • 24,507 views

  6. Shear Steel; The Experiment Begins

    By Will W.,
    • 20 replies
    • 283 views

  7. Pit Charcoal

    By Jan Ysselstein,   
    • 194 replies
    • 30,669 views

  8. Identifying slag?

    By Drepanon,
    • 5 replies
    • 91 views

  9. 'Konasamudram' Process

    By Jan Ysselstein,   
    • 144 replies
    • 15,108 views

  10. Reflection to the ancient steel.

    By Niko Hynninen,
    • 128 replies
    • 14,622 views

  11. [Picture Hvy] Some of my Orishigane for Japanese Blades.

    By Daniel Cauble,
    • 16 replies
    • 470 views

  12. Sometimes it works

    By Klaas remmen,   
    • 6 replies
    • 423 views

  13. My initial journey into crucible steels.

    By Daniel Cauble,
    • 25 replies
    • 516 views

  14. The Secrets of Wootz Damascus Steel (2017) - Amazing new documentary

    By Viktor Johansson,
    • 17 replies
    • 562 views

  15. Preparing for first smelt.

    By Jesse John Cook,   
    • 16 replies
    • 465 views

  16. First "smelt" attempt

    By Zeb Camper,
    • 8 replies
    • 273 views

  17. Double tuyere refining furnace

    By Dan Waddell,
    • 6 replies
    • 361 views

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

    By Jan Ysselstein,   
    • 113 replies
    • 18,982 views

  19. Smelting Blower Specs

    By J.Arthur Loose,
    • 19 replies
    • 572 views

  20. Reclaiming metal from slag

    By Will Urban,
    • 6 replies
    • 278 views

  21. First Time into this fray

    By Joshua States,   
    • 19 replies
    • 1,021 views

  22. First smelt failure post-mortem analysis

    By Drepanon,
    • 17 replies
    • 1,134 views

  23. Trouble shooting

    By Jwindle,
    • 4 replies
    • 254 views

  24. First Tatara Smelt

    By Jake Howard,
    • 16 replies
    • 579 views

  25. More Materials Compositions!

    By Tristan Michael,
    • 1 reply
    • 361 views
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