Bloomers and Buttons

904 topics in this forum

1. Definitions and history of "Wootz" and such 1 2 3 4 5

   By Vern Wimmer, December 9, 2017
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   • Matthew Schneider
   • 8 hours ago

2. Refining Bloomery Iron into Hearth Steel with Hurstwic

   By Emiliano Carrillo, November 25, 2018
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   • Emiliano Carrillo
   • November 20, 2020

3. Shear Steel; The Experiment Begins 1 2 3

   By Will Wilcox, April 15, 2018
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   • Will Wilcox
   • November 11, 2019

4. La Farga Catalana 1 2 3

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

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

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

6. Roasting ore 1 2 3

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

7. Tatara / tamahagane 1 2

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

8. I was given Iron from very old smelt

   By Jaro Petrina, Wednesday at 06:45 PM
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   • Alan Longmire
   • 10 hours ago

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

   By Daniel Cauble, December 13, 2017
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   • Daniel Cauble
   • April 25

10. Joining the madness... 1 2

    By Bill Schmalhofer, January 10
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    • Jerrod Miller
    • April 21

11. [Picture Hvy] Some of my Orishigane for Japanese Blades. 1 2 3

    By Daniel Cauble, December 16, 2017
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    • Daniel Cauble
    • March 16

12. First attempt at making bloom steel

    By Ryan Duran G, February 12
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    • Alan Longmire
    • February 13

13. First Hearth Melt

    By Aiden CC, December 26, 2020
    • 15 replies
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    • Aiden CC
    • January 27

14. Oroshigane, Refining Bloom Iron

    By Jan Ysselstein, November 18, 2020
    • 3 replies
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    • Jan Ysselstein
    • November 30, 2020

15. Alloying steel

    By Bill Schmalhofer, June 17, 2020
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    • Alan Longmire
    • October 26, 2020

16. First ever casting.

    By Jeremy Blohm, September 12, 2020
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    • Joshua States
    • October 9, 2020

17. Phosphorus iron

    By Jack Hirsch, February 24, 2020
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    • Alan Longmire
    • September 7, 2020

18. Teconite from the U.P. (Michigan)

    By ChrisBriggs, August 26, 2020
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    • Alan Longmire
    • September 3, 2020

19. Frustration or interest

    By Allen Vann, July 2, 2020
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    • Allen Vann
    • July 2, 2020

20. Crucible Steel - The Rabbit Hole Entrance

    By AJ Prime, June 27, 2020   

    • crucible
    • wootz
    • 19 replies
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    • Daniel Cauble
    • June 30, 2020

21. Free Bentonite Clay for Greensand- NORFOLK VA

    By Kerri Duncan, May 31, 2020
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    • Kerri Duncan
    • May 31, 2020

22. 'Konasamudram' Process 1 2 3 4 9

    By Jan Ysselstein, January 2, 2015   

    • Attempts at Historic Wootz
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    • Jan Ysselstein
    • May 29, 2020

23. Ironsand 1 2

    By Jeremy Blohm, April 13, 2020
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    • Jeremy Blohm
    • May 5, 2020

24. First crucible steel puck going for wootz. 1 2

    By Will Urban, August 23, 2019
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    • Richard Furrer
    • April 25, 2020

25. Can you help me identify this "slag"?

    By Emilie Dion, April 25, 2020   

    • slag
    • 3 replies
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    • Alan Longmire
    • April 25, 2020