Finding iron ore near your locality - Bladesmith's Forum Board
Jul 3, 2009 · East of the Mississippi in the USA, iron ores tend to be residual rocks in sedimentary clay, and except for the occasional igneous intrusion of magnetite such as the Cranberry ore of western North Carolina (and various other highly localized magnetite intrusions in Arkansas, Missouri, New Jersey, and a few other places), you are far more likely ...
The search for bog iron - Bladesmith's Forum Board
Nov 30, 2009 · The search for bog iron. Hello! I live in a region that is rich in bog iron. During the 18-19 century a lot of this ore was mined here for the various high furnaces in operation. From what I could gather in various books as soon as the 17 century it was considered an exellent ore with a low phosphorus and high iron conte...
African Ore Smelting Video: "From Iron Ore to Iron Hoe"
Nov 7, 2013 · Everything from the gathering of raw materials for the clay, ore and flux, making the charcoal, mixing of the clay, construction of the furnace, drum bellows, and tuyere, to the final smelt and forging of the iron into hoes is done just as it would have been done in the past.
Wood Fueled iron ore smelt. - Bladesmith's Forum Board
Feb 2, 2013 · Wood Fueled iron ore smelt. By Mark Green February 2, 2013 in Bloomers and Buttons. Share
ORIGIN OF IRON - Bloomers and Buttons - Bladesmith's Forum …
Jun 27, 2011 · ORIGIN OF IRON "Iron ore had left the marshes, From the water-beds had risen, Had been carried to the furnace, In the fire the smith had laid it, Laid it in his smelting furnace." My journey to origin of iron, o have I new thoughts and hint of …
How to make tamahagane - Bladesmith's Forum Board
Jan 31, 2014 · B, Surf around in the B&B section. All you need is there. For actual tamahagane, you will need to move to Japan. However, a close cousin can be made if you have the right starting materials. And, many other very natural looking steels can be made, converting modern, and or, old steel/iron products. Look around in B&B.
Amazing new documentary - Bladesmith's Forum Board
Nov 27, 2017 · There is no evidence, unfortunately, that this source of iron ore ever was used in ancient times to produce crucible steel. The documentary showed that it "was possible" to have made crucible steel from this location, however the high sulphur content in the ore would have required the addition of manganese or repeated roasting of ore and ingots ...
Hello everyone, here is the presentation of an order for a U …
Feb 19, 2024 · Hello everyone, here is the presentation of an order for a U-welded multi-bar. a command built around a Warthog defense. with the request to reproduce a U-shaped weld as could be found on swords from the Illerup Adal period.
Hello, here is a Nordic Sanmai - Bladesmith's Forum Board
Mar 18, 2024 · So here is a Leuku forged in 90mcv8 and pure nickel. the handle is composed of reindeer bis, birch bark and curly birch on through tang. As well as a case tattooed on both sides of a stylized crow and a Sami motif. With pleasure for your opinions
Iron Latte, anyone? - Bloomers and Buttons - Bladesmith's Forum …
May 25, 2006 · The neatest one has been a very solid button of cast iron with a wad of glassy slag on top that separated extremely well, he picked up the slag while still melted with tongs and then dumped the button out. He is weighing the ore charges and the resulting iron, finding about 30% yield from the ore.