EXPERIMENTAL IRON SMELTING
BLOOMS ON HAND
to April 2006

 DATE EVENT  TEAM  SMELTER  SIZE  SHAPE  WEIGHT  CONDITION  APPLICATION  NOTES 
Oct-04 Early Iron 1 Sauder & Williams African Queen'   plate 1.6 KG soft iron P/W sample at first weld
        small fragments from forging 300 gm soft iron   from above
                   
Oct-04 Early Iron 1 McCarthy Tatara fragments bloom 850 gm medium carbon P/W sample ?  
                   
Oct-04   DARC EconoNorse fragments partially forged 1.6 KG high to cast   not forgeable ?
                   
Feb-05 Smeltfest 05 with V. Petty EconoNorse mass bloom 7 KG ? as sample  
                   
May-05 OABA Peterson, Burton EconoNorse mass bloom 5.5 KG soft iron to bar  
                   
Jun-05   DARC Viking S/S mass disk 1.7 KG ? as sample  
                   
Sep-05 CANIRON 5 DARC Viking S/S fragment bloom 600 gm high to cast as sample balance stolen
                   
Oct-05 Early Iron 2 MIT / 'rescue' Flue Tyle mass bloom 1.95 KG low carbon to bar  
          bar 350 gm low carbon as sample  
                   
Oct-05   DARC Short Shaft   bar 1.65 KG soft iron to bar at first weld
        mass bloom 1.85 KG soft iron to bar share to DARC
          bloom 500 gm soft iron as sample  
                   
Feb-06 Black Rock Cole, Chambers EconoNorse fragment bloom 500 gm soft iron as sample  
                   
Mar-06 Smeltfest 06 Sargent Short Shaft mass bloom 6.8 KG high carbon sample ?  
        fragment bloom 600 gm high carbon to bar  
          bar 600 gm high carbon to bar at first weld
        small fragments bloom 450 gm liquid steel' as sample  
        fragment bloom 800 gm high carbon to bar ?  
        fragment bloom 550 gm high carbon to bar ?  
        small fragments partially forged 650 gm high carbon as sample?  
                   
    Sargent Short Shaft   plate 2.7 KG high carbon to bar McCarthy, first weld
        fragment bloom 1.05 KG liquid steel' tobar ?  
        fragment lacy bloom 2.3 KG high carbon to bar  
        fragment lacy bloom 900 gm high carbon to bar  

Last Updated on 16/4/06
By Darrell Markewitz
Email: smelt@warehamforge.ca
Text and photography © 1998 - 2007, Darrell Markewitz