Bloom to Bar
This information is collected primarily from the larger 'Bloom 2 Bar' project undertaken in Spring of 2012

Work Date Smelt (1)
 Date Yield Start Weight to welds Weight  Loss Return Total Return Product? (2)
forge bloom
smelt
 bloom






ore to bar
2006 - April
 Early Iron 2
 2005 - Sep
 ?
 fragment
 539
 bar
 2 x ?
 354
 185
 66%
sample bar
2010 - June DARC - NSS 2005 - Nov 22% section 1700 bar ? 895 91 53% 12% currency bar
B2B - 2012











06-Feb Blackrock 2006 - Feb 45% fragment 485  2 plates 1 x 395 91 81% 37% knife
03-Mar Slag Pit 2 2011 - Nov 33% fragment 573 2 plates 1 x 432 141 75% 25% knife
29-Mar Vinland 4 2010 - June 8% bloom 1400 bar 4 x 567 833 41% 3% trowel
03-Apr Smeltfest 06 2006 - Feb 48% fragment 559 bar 4 x 360 199 64% 31%
04-Apr Smeltfest 08 2008 - Feb 6% section 625 bar 3 x 393 232 63% 4%
05-Apr Smeltfest 06 2006 - Feb 44% fragment 397 block 4 x 357 40 90% 40% with additional
07-Apr Smeltfest 05 2005 - Feb 27% section 1426 plate  1 x 1259 167 88% 24% bowl
09-Apr Smeltfest 05 2005 - Feb 27% section 2737 plate 3 x 1818 919 66% 18%
12-Apr Slag Pit 2 2011 - Nov 33% section 1420 plate 1 x 1324 96 93% 31%

Slag Pit 2 2011 - Nov 33% section 1166 strip 1 x 999 167 86% 28%
17-Apr Slag Pit 2 2011 - Nov 33% section 1076 plate 1 x 996 80 93% 31%

Slag Pit 2 2011 - Nov 33% fragment 720 strip 3 x 408 312 57% 19%
28-Apr Vinland 2 2009 - Oct 27% section 2623 bar 2 x 2067 556 79% 21% currency bar













2013 - Sep Smeltfest 05 2005 - Feb 27% plate 1950 plate 2 x 1350 600 69% 19% axe
2014 - July
 Celtic 1
 2014 - June
 18%
 segment
 1278
 block
 3 x
 975
 303
 76%
 14%
 block
2015 - Aug Hot Swap A 2007 - June 5% bloom 860 plate 3 x 550 310 64% 3% bowl














(1) Some of the earliest experiments do not have full individual reports available.
(2) Primarily links to blog postings covering the making of these objects
(3) 'Number of welds' is often estimated, and is the number of 'full sets'. Each 'set' typically includes both hand hammer and machine powered welds - often 3 or 4 individual welding heat cycles.


'Bloom 2 Bar' was a project funded by a grant from the Ontario Arts Council.

All text and photographs © Darrell Markewitz, the Wareham Forge.