Bloomers and Buttons

933 topics in this forum

1. Phosphorus iron

   By Jack Hirsch, February 24, 2020
   • 20 replies
   • 1.6k views
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   • Alan Longmire
   • September 7, 2020

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

   By ChrisBriggs, August 26, 2020
   • 4 replies
   • 661 views
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   • Alan Longmire
   • September 3, 2020

3. Frustration or interest

   By Allen Vann, July 2, 2020
   • 4 replies
   • 524 views
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   • Allen Vann
   • July 2, 2020

4. Free Bentonite Clay for Greensand- NORFOLK VA

   By Kerri Duncan, May 31, 2020
   • 0 replies
   • 518 views
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   • Kerri Duncan
   • May 31, 2020

5. Ironsand 1 2

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

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

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

7. 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

8. Wootz Hunter video

   By Joshua States, February 11, 2020
   • 3 replies
   • 772 views
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   • Gary LT
   • February 14, 2020

9. First Hearth Steel of 2020

   By Niels Provos, January 5, 2020
   • 2 replies
   • 998 views
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   • Niels Provos
   • January 6, 2020

10. Reducing carbon for hearth steel

    By Dylan A. Lewis, December 10, 2019
    • 10 replies
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    • Dylan A. Lewis
    • January 2, 2020

11. Winter Solstice Smelt

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

12. East Tennessee or western NC smelts

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

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

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

14. First smelt failure post-mortem analysis

    By Drepanon, April 3, 2017
    • 21 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • Alan Longmire
    • November 13, 2019

15. Rust as ore?

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

16. Questions about Ore

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

17. Hearth Steel Ala Emiliano

    By Niels Provos, April 15, 2019
    • 18 replies
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    • Mark Green
    • June 10, 2019

18. Shop floor grinding dust? 1 2

    By Jeremy Blohm, June 28, 2018
    • 32 replies
    • 2.7k views
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    • Jeremy Blohm
    • June 3, 2019

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

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

20. Limonite and cuprite? 1 2

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

21. Saw blade melt (failure?).

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

22. My first smelt attempt (partial success!)

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

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

    By James Simonds, January 14, 2019
    • 2 replies
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    • James Simonds
    • January 14, 2019

24. Wootz book by John Verhoeven

    By Tim Mitchell, August 24, 2018
    • 14 replies
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    • Alan Longmire
    • November 10, 2018

25. First Tatara Smelt

    By Jake Howard, March 8, 2017
    • 18 replies
    • 2.2k views
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    • JJ Simon
    • November 5, 2018