
The search for bog iron - Bladesmith's Forum Board
Nov 30, 2009 · Keep changing the acid every so often till it stays perfectly clear. Let the particles remaining settle, dry them. Take the weight of this remainder. The difference is your weight of …
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 …
Melting Wrought Iron? - Bladesmith's Forum Board
Sep 7, 2006 · If one is at a lack of Iron Ore, and wants to run a crucible with wrought iron, would the resulting rendered iron be considered pure enough once the silica is removed for a wootz …
Iron ore in "Gold Ore"? - Bladesmith's Forum Board
Jul 1, 2009 · This much I can tell you - Iron Hill has iron alright ( if reports are correct about 10% concentration ), but it's in complexed form mixed with a variety of other minerals including …
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." …
From Skye to Steel (maybe) - Bloomers and Buttons - Bladesmith's …
Mar 27, 2025 · The local beach is black sand, and I realised recently that this is mainly magnetite washed out from the rock. It is pretty easy to separate out the magnetic part with a strong …
How to make tamahagane - Bladesmith's Forum Board
Jan 31, 2014 · hey, I just remembered I read somewhere that you can use crushed iron slag insted of iron ore. So you can just find a place that uses iron, and see if you can buy there …
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 …
The best iron bearing sand in Japan, (for tamahagane).
Jul 3, 2007 · Sanin district, including the northern part of Yamaguti, Simane and Tottori prefectures, is one of districts noted for iron sand deposits in Japan. The sands may be …
Knife forged with two sections of a boat chain link from Louis XIV ...
Apr 18, 2024 · Hello everyone, This is a unique piece. Knife forged with two sections of a boat chain link from Louis XIV: King of France, Call the Sun King. (1630 to 1715) the heart of the …