Blacksmithing & Toolmaking
From Bloom to Bar: Turning Raw Iron and Steel into Usable Steel
Course Overview
This course is intended is an extension of the Viking-Era Smelting course. Take your raw bloom the next step and make it into useable steel. Students will learn how to consolidate the bloom, fold it and forge weld it until it becomes a useable high carbon steel bar from which tools and other projects can be made. Students must also register for the preceding course Viking Era Smelting.