The Matherton Forge Iron Age Challenge II- The rematch

Nasticles didn't stand a chance!!!!!!

I had a really good time, met a few BF members and watched something go from a bucket of sand to a fully functional blade in 3 days!!!!

It was relaxed(At Kevin's expense) but very educational for me, at least. There were times when I'm sure Kevin saw that "deer-in-the-headlights" look in my eyes and managed to dumb down the tech-talk enough to sink in... ha! His wife, Karen was the hostess with the mostest. We had a hell of a time producing a decent bloom and ended up running the smelt 3 times!! I felt that we all learned much more than if the smelt had went well, first run. Watching Kevin troubleshoot was the highlight for me. Too bad it ran him into the ground, daily. Delbert was spewing out tons of insight as well... it was a "challenge" keeping up with these guys.

Thanks to everyone involved.

Once I process the video and pics, I'll post them.
 
Sweet! That looks like fun! Often it's not our successes that teach us the most, but the failures. I'm glad even though it took three tries that the bloom was a success.
I find the idea of smelting your own bloom intriguing. But for now I'll just call Aldo!
 
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