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Bloom Iron for Sale

Fresh From the Furnace


Raw Blooms
$22.00 per lb, plus shipping.
Whole blooms can range from 18 - 45 lb. Half blooms are recommended, as they are much easier to reheat, and even the simple splitting of the bloom begins the consolidation process.


Whole bloom



Half-blooms

Anconies (Consolidated Blooms)
$32.00 per lb, plus shipping
We recommend this form of bloom, at least for your first purchase. The forged section provides a convenient handle, as well as a properly consolidated piece for comparison as you work the rough end. The initial consolidation and expulsion of the slag makes the ancony much easier to heat than the raw bloom. This work also gives Lee a better chance to judge the quality of the iron than simple splitting does.



The anconies shown range from 4 to 12 lbs. The increased cost of the iron reflects not only the forging labor, but the 25% to 40% loss of iron and slag in the initial forging.

How To Order
Contact Lee by email or by phone, during regularish business hours. He'll need to know what size piece you need, and what you plan to do with it to try and select (or smelt to order) a bloom to suit your needs.

Lee Sauder / Germinal Ironworks
1365 Bird Forest Road
Lexington, VA 24450
(540) 463-6632
mailto:bigbossman@leesauder.com


 
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