Bloomers and Buttons

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1. Shear Steel; The Experiment Begins 1 2 3

   By Will Wilcox, April 15, 2018
   • 67 replies
   • 3,798 views
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   • Will Wilcox
   • November 11, 2019

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

   By Vern Wimmer, December 9, 2017
   • 120 replies
   • 4,361 views
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   • Jan Ysselstein
   • December 27, 2017

3. La Farga Catalana 1 2 3

   By Mark Green, April 18, 2015
   • 51 replies
   • 9,288 views
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   • Mark Green
   • July 9, 2015

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

   By miquel, December 26, 2012
   • 138 replies
   • 33,714 views
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   • M. Cochran
   • April 10, 2015

5. Roasting ore 1 2 3

   By Mick Maxen, September 8, 2014
   • 51 replies
   • 10,883 views
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   • owen bush
   • September 29, 2014

6. Tatara / tamahagane 1 2

   By Niko Hynninen, September 21, 2009
   • 36 replies
   • 26,364 views
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   • Niko Hynninen
   • January 13, 2011

7. First Hearth Steel of 2020

   By nprovos, January 5
   • 2 replies
   • 187 views
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   • nprovos
   • January 6

8. Reducing carbon for hearth steel

   By Dylan A. Lewis, December 10, 2019
   • 10 replies
   • 292 views
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   • Dylan A. Lewis
   • January 2

9. Winter Solstice Smelt

   By Andrew W, December 22, 2019
   • 4 replies
   • 161 views
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   • Kerri Duncan
   • December 22, 2019

10. East Tennessee or western NC smelts

    By Allen Vann, December 12, 2019
    • 4 replies
    • 167 views
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    • Allen Vann
    • December 12, 2019

11. I did something cool!! (Or made a big stinky mess)

    By Allen Vann, December 11, 2019
    • 4 replies
    • 116 views
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    • Allen Vann
    • December 12, 2019

12. 'Konasamudram' Process 1 2 3 4 8

    By Jan Ysselstein, January 2, 2015   

    • Attempts at Historic Wootz
    • 180 replies
    • 20,042 views
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    • Jan Ysselstein
    • November 28, 2019

13. First smelt failure post-mortem analysis

    By Drepanon, April 3, 2017
    • 21 replies
    • 2,235 views
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    • Alan Longmire
    • November 13, 2019

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

    By Will Urban, August 23, 2019
    • 25 replies
    • 1,097 views
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    • Tim Mitchell
    • November 1, 2019

15. My initial journey into crucible steels. 1 2 3 4

    By Daniel Cauble, December 13, 2017
    • 85 replies
    • 3,447 views
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    • Daniel Cauble
    • October 5, 2019

16. Rust as ore?

    By SteveShimanek, October 3, 2019
    • 2 replies
    • 164 views
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    • SteveShimanek
    • October 4, 2019

17. Georgian 'Bulat' technology by Zaqro Nonikashvili 1 2 3 4 11

    By Klaas remmen, November 22, 2010
    • 271 replies
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    • Jan Ysselstein
    • September 1, 2019

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

    By Daniel Cauble, December 16, 2017
    • 35 replies
    • 1,756 views
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    • Daniel Cauble
    • August 23, 2019

19. Questions about Ore

    By Will Wilcox, June 29, 2019
    • 5 replies
    • 537 views
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    • Will Wilcox
    • July 2, 2019

20. Hearth Steel Ala Emiliano

    By nprovos, April 15, 2019
    • 18 replies
    • 868 views
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    • Mark Green
    • June 10, 2019

21. Shop floor grinding dust? 1 2

    By Jeremy Blohm, June 28, 2018
    • 32 replies
    • 1,324 views
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    • Jeremy Blohm
    • June 3, 2019

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

    By Matt S, May 13, 2019
    • 7 replies
    • 322 views
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    • Alan Longmire
    • May 13, 2019

23. Limonite and cuprite? 1 2

    By Zeb Camper, April 6, 2019
    • 36 replies
    • 1,093 views
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    • Eric Morgan
    • April 29, 2019

24. Saw blade melt (failure?).

    By Zeb Camper, March 24, 2019
    • 9 replies
    • 479 views
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    • Zeb Camper
    • April 27, 2019

25. My first smelt attempt (partial success!)

    By Andrew W, February 25, 2019
    • 20 replies
    • 736 views
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    • Joshua States
    • April 5, 2019