Bloomers and Buttons

928 topics in this forum

1. Ore to Axe- the bloomery movie

   By Lee Sauder, January 27
   • 4 replies
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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
   • 12k 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
   • 3.5k 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
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   • Will Wilcox
   • November 11, 2019

5. La Farga Catalana 1 2 3

   By Mark Green, April 18, 2015
   • 51 replies
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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. 'Konasamudram' Process 1 2 3 4 9

   By Jan Ysselstein, January 2, 2015   

   • Attempts at Historic Wootz
   • 211 replies
   • 30.7k views
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   • Joshua States
   • September 20

10. More Hearth Steel 1 2

    By Aiden CC, May 30, 2021
    • 25 replies
    • 1.7k views
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    • Aiden CC
    • September 10

11. My initial journey into crucible steels. 1 2 3 4 6

    By Daniel Cauble, December 13, 2017
    • 126 replies
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    • Daniel Cauble
    • July 13

12. Joining the madness... 1 2 3

    By Bill Schmalhofer, January 10, 2021
    • 68 replies
    • 4k views
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    • Joshua States
    • July 13

13. General questions re. refining hearth steel

    By Carl Chandler, July 12
    • 3 replies
    • 162 views
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    • Alan Longmire
    • July 12

14. International Wootz Society

    By Tim Mitchell, June 30   

    • wootz making
    • collaboration
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • wootz making
      • collaboration
      • history
    • 3 replies
    • 219 views
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    • Tim Mitchell
    • July 1

15. FINALLY did my first Aristotle furnace

    By Rogerrr, May 29
    • 9 replies
    • 473 views
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    • Alan Longmire
    • June 19

16. Process I learned this weekend

    By Joshua States, April 26
    • 18 replies
    • 758 views
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    • Joshua States
    • June 10

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

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

18. 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
    • 753 views
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    • JJH
    • March 28

19. Ancient Steel-making Methods-The Movie!

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

20. Water Quenching Wootz?

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

21. First attempt at making bloom steel

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

22. Refining crucible melts.

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

23. Joining the Hearth Madness

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

24. Crucible Steel - The Rabbit Hole Entrance

    By AJ Prime, June 27, 2020   

    • crucible
    • wootz
    • 20 replies
    • 1.3k views
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    • Tim Mitchell
    • November 22, 2021

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

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