Jesus Hernandez Bladesmith

Making a bloom of iron/steel in a shaft furnace from magnetite ore at Lee Sauder's place.

Listen for what happens at the end of the video. PING. PING.

Making of a katana by Jesus Hernandez

Quenching a falcata as part of the heat treatment.

This video shows the process of steel making using a bloomery furnace. The video was recorded in Vilobí del Penedès near Barcelona. Miquel Segura a...

Tameshigiri using Japanese style swords made by Jesus Hernandez.

Steel smelting by Jesus Hernandez and Walter Sorrells

Forging a tanto from forge-welding the billet of tamahagane with the press to forge-welding by hand. Followed by making a bar of steel and finally ...

Jeff Pringle and I got together for a crucible smelt of previously smelted bloomery steel

smelt video from begginning to end

Consolidating of the bloom from the smelt with a hydraulic press.

Jesus Hernandez and Walter Sorrells