Just a short bimble away from my home there is a garbage treasure trove, and there is not one hike I return from without a bag full of treasure. This time it was particularily stunning. I found a whetstone of exactly the right grain, and three ingots of crucible steel. I have yet to learn how to process it, but you can bet on it-I will learn. I have enough now to start experimenting with it.
For a history of the steel finds and cutlery, look here.
Those are the adventures of Mr. Fimbulmyrk, in bushcraft and blacksmithing, mountainbiking and hiking, reenactment, writing, singing, dancing, stargazing and having a piece of cake and a coffee. Pray have a seat and look around you, but be warned - the forest´s twilight is ferocious at times.
Donnerstag, 10. September 2015
Finds from the master cutlers of Yore
Labels:
bloomery steel,
crucible steel,
Funcke und Hueck,
Funcke und Sohn,
Knifemaking Tribal Smithing Bushcraft Survival Mushroom Hunting,
Söding und Halbach,
whetstone
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