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Hello, thank's for the acceptation. I'm french, and I have create a profil on your forum because I found lot's of information here. (more than french forum). I work with NO power tools. Only fire, file and stone, quenching and tempering with forge... I work with 1095.

 

I have make steel from raw ore with friends and one of my project is make more bloom and more welding with no flux because I love it! I'm in a volcanic area in France (Auvergne) so i have hematite and refractory clay.

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Welcome to you.

 

Very nice work. I like your style.

 

I started with "fire and file" and I can appreciate the work it takes to produce good blades.

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Accueillir. magnifique travail. J'aimerais beaucoup voir votre fourneau pour fabriquer de l'acier à partir du minerai.

 

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The only bad experience is the one from which you learn nothing.  

 

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Welcome aboard. Very nice work.

"The way we win matters" (Ender Wiggins) Orson Scott Card

 

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Thank's for all your comment! Alan, I try to use google translate too... :) 

 

Joshua we have many furnaces (crucible steel, wootz, bloom, little, big...) I can make photo of process and furnaces when we use it if you want! I try to found information to do very little bloom (1kg) and to do crucible steel but in bar shapped (to work with only hand tools, and alone).

 

Today I have finish a blade... Full hamered surface and just metal brush to polish. After this treatment, one hour in hot vinegar. The wood chisels is to make the japanese style handle, i try a new geometry so the handle is'nt finish. I think it's too large to work precisely (1cm). The newt will be around 0,5cm.

 

The glue used is knife cement. (rosin of pine (collected in nature), brick and oil). It's removable with hot water and very very strong!

 

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