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Jimmy, You're a little ahead of me. I'm planning on making some "Damascus" by combining the smelted sand steel with meteorite later this winter.

If you get me some ore from the Hibbing mine, I'll...

Troggie, The Lake Superior sand can just be scooped up off the shore. The hematite helps it separate in to layers, making collection easier. The local sand (Northern Lake Michigan) has a fair amount...

Lynn, As you know, "better" is a very subjective term. The real value in a blade like this is more intrinsic in nature. It is similar to using meteorite in a Damascus blade. You can say, "See those...

Mike, No spectrograph, but lots of micrographs. The hardened steel is martensite with excess cementite. our best guess is about 0.90% C.

We didn't filter the sand. So there was lots of silica...

Charlie, come on up to "the land of perpetual winter". We'll melt some sand and have a good time. You're always welcome.

Tim Z.

That first bloom could have made four razors. It ended up being one razor and two knives. My current blooms are bigger and my folding technique is better. So, my current yields have gone up a bit.
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Those of you familiar with my work know I don't post here often. Life is just too busy. But, I have done something recently that some of you may find interesting. Since there will be very few of...