Niko Hynninen Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 Thanks Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Hardy Posted March 19, 2013 Share Posted March 19, 2013 That is awesome ! That would be a wicked kilij. Super cool Niko. The blacksmith and the artist reflect it in their art. They forge their creativity,closer to the heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Ysselstein Posted March 22, 2013 Share Posted March 22, 2013 Niko, Very beautiful and lots of it , wow. What are you doing, making 7kg ingots? Due to my chosen limitations , the most metal I can melt in a weekend is about 6 kgs ( if all went well ). I think you are on to a good thing here. Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Hynninen Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 Thanks Jan and Geoff. I would love to forge one of those Kilij sword blades...But I have to look into it lots more. Shape and over all measures and forging order help´s not not to make it "wrong". How ever I need that summer to be in here before some actual forging..I keep this in mind. Jan Ingots where various sizes, 2, 2,5, -3 kg..here is pic of some of the ingot´s.. No need to make monster ingots..its too much work and getting it to a nice bar....even more work. You can get nice pattern in to.. say 0,5 kg ingot too... Niko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Ysselstein Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Niko, The ingot I had so much hope for, is no good, internal gas , which had no escape route due to a cold top. I will be forging it regardless, as I believe it to be special (even with the big holes). As long as I can get a little sample, I am happy. I am running a little low on ingredients, so I will be using old ingots ( failed ingots ) for a series of remelts. I have enough material for 10 remelts , this material includes the Georgian ingot ( to which I will have to add micro nutrients ) as well as some of the very first ingots made 2007 or 2006( each remelt will weigh about 1200 to 1500 grams ). I am rapidly approaching 800 experiments. Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mross Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 (edited) Niko and Jan, you guys are starting to sound a little Zen in your posts! The work is phenomenal! As to the talk about luck here are two quotes on that: "The harder I work the luckier I get" Samuel Goldwyn "Diligence is the mother of good luck" Benjamin Franklin Edited April 2, 2013 by mross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theodore An. Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Even freezing temps I run some Wootz ingots... 30,5 kg total / various sizes. and had chance to forge some of those too. Managet to forge 2 bars....whit quite nice pattern...even its not that big pattern. DSCN0131 rs.jpg DSCN0126rs.jpg Niko Ohh my God!!!!!!!!! Breathtaking beauty!! http://www.facebook.com/groups/205149489611061/ http://www.greekblades.com/index.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Hynninen Posted April 6, 2013 Author Share Posted April 6, 2013 Thanks Guys. Here is one of those bars forged some more.. Niko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZebDeming Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Dang Nico, that is beautiful, I've been working hard on the blomery stuff, seeing this really makes me want to do some crucible stuff, theres just not enough time in the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.louis Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Hello, sorry to leave this old subject. I do my wootz for over ten years and I am more blades. I always meet alot of problem and forge and fusion. I often have bubbles in the lingo, and also crack when I forge. I do not speak English and is very difficil to have information. "Niko" she forges temperature you to have these beautiful drawing ?? Or what material you put in the crucible? A tu as cracks on the edges when you forges ?? thank you j louis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry.M Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) .... During all these years I have tried to find info from industry, books and other modern steel making journal´s...but all of them have that same " flaw" they will guide in wrong way all most in every turn. ..... Amen to that Niko! You got it right and your wootz reflects that. Congratulations! Edited January 11, 2015 by Dmitry.M www.artandknife.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Ysselstein Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 NIko, Wow, I have had just the opposite experience..I used to keep detailed notes....I found no contradictions in my experience with iron and what I read in the text books. What I do find is most topics of use and interest to us are only academic topics to industry. Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Ysselstein Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Niko, Reflecting, on your comment above, I will say there is an elephant in the room of the wootz house...probably several, I have touched one and it is real...but the academic types are dependent on archeological evidence ( that is required)..I think it is there, but not being interpreted the way some of the hands on people would see it. Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mitchell Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Niko, Some really lovely patterns there, it makes me eager to get back into forging myself. I have noticed that the more ingots that I forged out, the better the patterns got. Funny how that happens. Good work, keep it up Mate! Tim. Tim MitchellBuffalo River ForgeGreat Lakes, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Hynninen Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 Wootz-pattern W oo z.wmv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mitchell Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Niko, that video is a real winner, it is the first time that I have seen a progression of the pattern put together like that, well done! Just as a point of curiosity, did you do this all with one ingot or several different ingots? Tim MitchellBuffalo River ForgeGreat Lakes, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Hynninen Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Hi Tim. Thanks´s Im glad that you like it and find it interesting, it holds quite large amount of info. I used single ingot as only this way it would have bean realistic and true. This matrix skope pic project I started years ago and this was done at 2012-2013 It tooked lots of time at forging and at skope too...this was quite slow prosses. Heating, forging,cooling, grinding, polishing, etching...repeatedly. Some images I have hunted for years but in this project I did got all steps just spot one. Niko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaas remmen Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Dear Niko You should get an oscar for this film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mitchell Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Hi Niko, Glad that it was the one ingot, it really is quite an achievement, and not easy to forge in the early stages without ruining the ingot once you grind through the decarb layer. Just out of curiosity, what was the carbon percentage of this ingot, did you test it? It looks to me like it was just above 1.6 %, plenty of carbon there. Tim MitchellBuffalo River ForgeGreat Lakes, Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Hynninen Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share Posted March 2, 2015 Tim. It might have bean about 1,7% as calculated...or more But plenty for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Wow! Nice movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Green Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 DUDE!!!!!!!! Mark Green I have a way? Is that better then a plan? (cptn. Mal) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Hynninen Posted March 26, 2015 Author Share Posted March 26, 2015 Latest pattern, just after forging...some dacarb and loos Cm there is still but it will chance a bit later..edge up and its still 3 mm and spine down about 5mm, 50mm max and quite near the tip 40. Pattern is bit fuzzy, but ok ´ is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Ysselstein Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Niko, Looks very good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Hynninen Posted April 3, 2015 Author Share Posted April 3, 2015 Thank´s Jan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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