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First solo Tamahagane smelt


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22 hours ago, JHCC said:

As I understand it, the main point of repeatedly flattening, folding, and welding the tamahagane is make the carbon content consistent through the entire bar. With bloomery iron, the point is to consolidate the bloom into a single mass; the slag that remains within the bloom becomes the silica content that gives wrought iron its fiber-like grain.

Now that is something I did not know, thanks. 

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