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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.

880 topics in this forum

  1. Shear Steel; The Experiment Begins

    By Will W.,
    • 66 replies
    • 2,274 views

  2. Definitions and history of "Wootz" and such

    By Vern Wimmer,
    • 120 replies
    • 2,947 views

  3. La Farga Catalana

    By Mark Green,
    • 51 replies
    • 8,394 views

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

    By miquel,
    • 138 replies
    • 32,066 views

  5. Roasting ore

    By Mick Maxen,
    • 51 replies
    • 10,008 views

  6. Tatara / tamahagane

    By Niko Hynninen,
    • 36 replies
    • 25,419 views

  7. Shop floor grinding dust?

    By Jeremy Blohm,
    • 29 replies
    • 665 views

  8. My initial journey into crucible steels.

    By Daniel Cauble,
    • 80 replies
    • 2,282 views

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

    By Daniel Cauble,
    • 22 replies
    • 992 views

  10. Cross Sectioned My first Bloom, What Exactly Am I looking At?

    By Matt S,
    • 7 replies
    • 77 views

  11. Hearth Steel Ala Emiliano

    By nprovos,
    • 14 replies
    • 299 views

  12. Limonite and cuprite?

    By Zeb Camper,
    • 36 replies
    • 652 views

  13. Saw blade melt (failure?).

    By Zeb Camper,
    • 9 replies
    • 259 views

  14. 'Konasamudram' Process

    By Jan Ysselstein,   
    • 173 replies
    • 18,057 views

  15. My first smelt attempt (partial success!)

    By Andrew W,
    • 20 replies
    • 517 views

  16. Georgian 'Bulat' technology by Zaqro Nonikashvili

    By Klaas remmen,
    • 270 replies
    • 81,244 views

  17. early medieval steel. to bloom or not to bloom?

    By James Simonds,
    • 2 replies
    • 318 views

  18. Wootz book by John Verhoeven

    By Tim Mitchell,
    • 14 replies
    • 703 views

  19. First Tatara Smelt

    By Jake Howard,
    • 18 replies
    • 946 views

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

    By Jan Ysselstein,   
    • 116 replies
    • 20,652 views

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

    By JeffEvarts,
    • 2 replies
    • 358 views

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

    By Al Massey,
    • 5 replies
    • 393 views

  23. Iron ore locations

    By Jeremy Absher,
    • 7 replies
    • 546 views

  24. Magnetite

    By Will Urban,
    • 0 replies
    • 195 views

  25. Smelting Blower Specs

    By J.Arthur Loose,
    • 31 replies
    • 1,552 views
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