Although I thought that it was big bloom, when it was re-heated and having been beaten , it was broken in pieces. When it looks at microscope, wustite and a ferrite can be seen. Because the temperature of slag is low, didn't iron condense? I feel that the composition is not bloom....And I think that it was broken, when beaten ,since iron was not condensed. What is required in order to condense iron? High temperature, the amount of ventilation .....?
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incredible, I live to do these experiments with iron ore limonite type, and have a workshop where I try to forge katana and other weapons of feudal Japan. My goal is to try to make a kind of tamahagane using bog iron, which is very common here, and work to make a completely handmade weapon. You made this foundry with perfect results, and great notes about the process.
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