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A) Sculpture
Sculpture from Bloom Iron
Photo Gallery 1
Photo Gallery 2
Photo Gallery 3
Photo Gallery 4
Photo Gallery 5
B) Smelting
About Bloomery Smelting
Workshops and Demos
Bloom Iron for Sale:
Why You Might Want Bloom Iron
Prices and Ordering
D) Miscellany
About the artist
Links
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Why Bloom Iron? |
For Art:
The random and heterogenous nature of bloom iron, on both macro- and microscopic scale, can lead to effects and adventures inconceivable in any other medium. If you like surprises, or if you want to truly free yourself from the bar form. ...
For The Learning:
This is the raw material ancient smiths had to start with. If you want to know how your ancestors did it. ...
For True Reproduction:
Bloom iron is very different from puddled wrought iron. 19th century wrought iron is the most historically accurate material most smiths have had the chance to work with. If your ready for that next step in historical accuracy. ...
For the Bladesmith:
Bloom iron tends to be extremely heterogenous in both slag and carbon contents. A simply worked bar can display fascinating but random damascus-like patterns (for example, see Photo Gallery 2). ...
For the Archaeometallurgist:
You don’t get to take but a teeny sample from that precious artifact. If you want something to chop to bits to get a real across the bar comparison. ...
Or Just ‘Cuz:
It’s very cool stuff, unlike anything else you’ve ever forged. That’s why Lee is still doing it. ...
Click here to see about Prices and Ordering. |
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