Bloomers and Buttons

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1. Material for smelting

   By jo_smith, November 10, 2016
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   • M. Cochran
   • November 16, 2016

2. sorel metal and malleable for wootz

   By Matt Werner, November 2, 2016
   • 7 replies
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   • Alan Longmire
   • November 3, 2016

3. The rebar sword

   By Matthew Rhame, October 7, 2016   

   • bloomery
   • furnace
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   • 7 replies
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   • Francesco Muci
   • October 18, 2016

4. Enough 'Tamahagane' for a fairies sword??

   By maddoxd, September 12, 2016
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   • Tristan Ruggeri
   • September 14, 2016

5. Oxidation zone expansion in an Aristotle type furnace

   By Dan Waddell, September 4, 2016
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   • Dan Waddell
   • September 4, 2016

6. Knife from rebar, Oroshigane

   By Nick Woo, June 30, 2016
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   • Eric C
   • July 8, 2016

7. Trying something new.... God I need a much bigger shop

   By Raymond Jewell, June 5, 2016   

   • hearth remelt
   • orishigane
   • 5 replies
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   • Raymond Jewell
   • June 20, 2016

8. Question for Smelters

   By Joshua States, June 4, 2016
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   • Don Abbott
   • June 7, 2016

9. First Aristotleish furnace

   By Dan Waddell, May 2, 2016
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   • Dan Waddell
   • May 2, 2016

10. Iron ore in my area?

    By Isaac Myers, April 26, 2016   

    • iron ore
    • ohio
    • 1 reply
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    • Alan Longmire
    • April 26, 2016

11. use for O1 scraps?

    By jeremy spake, April 16, 2016
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    • Joshua States
    • April 20, 2016

12. Smashing a Kera, Looking for Images

    By Jan Ysselstein, November 9, 2015
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    • Jan Ysselstein
    • April 6, 2016

13. More tatara questions

    By Eric C, March 26, 2016
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    • Eric C
    • March 28, 2016

14. Thermite Bloom steel?

    By Timothy Artymko, March 10, 2016
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    • Louis Gorczyca
    • March 14, 2016

15. Thermite forged and etched...

    By Kerrystagmer, December 12, 2007
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    • Connor J. Myers-Norton
    • March 3, 2016

16. We will do a big Catalan Smelt at this years F&B

    By Mark Green, January 26, 2016
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    • Josh A Weston
    • February 15, 2016

17. Sourcing Sorel Metal

    By sskalko, February 1, 2016
    • 4 replies
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    • sskalko
    • February 4, 2016

18. Wootz Makers and Production Methods 1 2 3

    By Tim Mitchell, January 10, 2015   

    • Wootz
    • production
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    • Andrei Petrocenco
    • January 18, 2016

19. Internal pressure

    By Bryan Davis, December 24, 2015   

    • furnace
    • bloomery
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    • Alan Longmire
    • January 13, 2016

20. Copper tuyere casting (a bit more high tech than my usual)

    By Jesus Hernandez, December 10, 2015
    • 7 replies
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    • A. Humphrys
    • December 11, 2015

21. New wootz ingot...13 pounds with pics

    By Peter T. Swarz-Burt, December 2, 2015
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    • Joshua States
    • December 7, 2015

22. Fuel consumption of a forge or crucible furnace.

    By Jan Ysselstein, November 14, 2015   

    • Survey of what is commonly us
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    • Jan Ysselstein
    • November 29, 2015

23. First Aristotle run

    By J Broddrick, September 9, 2015
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    • J Broddrick
    • November 5, 2015

24. Question for the gurus

    By SteveShimanek, October 24, 2015
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    • SteveShimanek
    • November 1, 2015

25. Seasoning a graphite crucible?

    By Eric C, October 30, 2015
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    • MacKINNON
    • October 31, 2015