[TheForge] Iron smelting/tamahagane workshop July 9 Virginia

[Doug Ayen]

This is a fairly short stack, I've had decent results at the 6 hour mark. 

Besides, my normal work day is 2pm - 10pm, with an hour+ commute; I'm 
not up at 6 am, and to do so would destroy my sleep schedule. Working 
the evening shift does kinda suck on occasion.

--doug


Thus Spake damales at earthlink.net (damales at earthlink.net):
> 
> 
> Doug, I would start earlyer when i did my last smelt I started at 6am and was done  7pm 
> good luck hope you post the results
> Dan Scheid
> Thus Spake Doug Ayen (ayen at homeport.org):
> > 
> > Ok, I'm going to be doing this year's iron smelting on July 9th, 2005. 
> > Due to the long-term nature of this kind of work, we'll be starting at 
> > 10am, and going until we run out of charcoal.
> >  
> > Speaking of which, while there is no entrance fee for this event, I ask         
> > that you bring a bag of lump (not briquette) charcoal! I've got the ore         
> > and the smelter, and if we get enough people and charcoal we may be able        
> > to do two batches. 
> >  
> > For the Japanese sword/knifemaking crowd, this is the same process as 
> > the Japanese use to make their tamahagane, which they also smelt out in         
> > small batches from iron sand. If you're interested in how the traditional       
> > sword is made, this is an important step, and the only true way to make         
> > a traditional sword is to make or buy this kind of iron and steel.
> >  
> > Please RSVP for this event, I'll need to know how much hamburger to thaw        
> > out for lunch :)
> >  
> > All are welcome to attend, even if you can't find lump charcoal.
> > 
> > Workshop is at my forge in Berryville, VA.
> >  
> > --doug
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