[TheForge] refining of hematite and.od black sand

[David Childress]

Got a call from the pres. of the prospecting group.  Said he saw
something on the history channel this week about a swordmaker, Paul
Champaign?, making swords and starting with magnetite sand.  The pres.
hought he just used sand and charcoal, no flux.  I will have to do
some research.

David Childress

On 11/9/08, Andy Gladish <gladish at cablerocket.com> wrote:
> There was something on one of the History channel things about a smith
> in...Maine or elsewhere in New England who did this- fairly sure I saw the
> note about it on this list, perhaps two years ago. Swordsmith, collected the
> "ore" and made swords the Japanese way, carbonizing some of it and using
> some as plain iron.
> Anyone remember any particulars? A google search didn't turn up anything...
>
>
> >
> > > I have been contacted by a prospecting group that wants to make
> > > something useful out of the blacksand and hematite that they get
> > > trying to find gold.  I am going to present to them what I know, but I
> > > have never dealt with this form of "ore".  I would think that you
> > > could make wrought or pure iron with a bloomery.  Is there anything
> > > special that you would have to do because of the particle size?  This
> > > soulds like a fun project but I do not need too many failed attempts.
> > > Anybody know about this?
> > >
> > > David Childress
> > > Rocky Forge Blacksmith Guild
> > >
> >
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