Minnnesota Tatara - Making Sword Steel from Iron Sand

This video roughly documents the process I participated in to smelt sword steel, in Japanese fashion, on a small scale. It was very involved and I learned quite a bit, thanks to the person hosting it. Thank you Wayne.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Tatara
• Tamahagane
• Japanese sword

[leus]

heh, you guys almost killed that wheelbarrow.

[isliceasspie]

@leus Yeh, that wasn't the brightest move, but lessons come through trial and error.

[ltcornflakes]

WAYNE POTRATZ!!!

Take me.

[isliceasspie]

@ltcornflakes How do you know Wayne?

[metalboy9321]

lol how come the burned steel (i suppose) was purple at 8:25?? it's the video quality or it was really purple?

nice video btw

[isliceasspie]

@metalboy9321 Thank you, the camera couldn't handle the light contrast.

[Sorflakne]

Ok, the purple glow was pretty damn cool.

[EGYHER0]

that`s how Sauron made the ring

[giorgosvenom]

You only have 200 years of history to make the swords. bastard. American

[AKAtheA]

@isliceasspie cheap IR filter...the hot stuff is making loads of near-infrared light that the camera can pick up as this white-purple color...

[RyeBai]

It Just Doest Feel The Same

[MrZumorg]

Бородатый дед рулит!!!

[Isalys555]

Too many infra red for the poor camera :)

[isliceasspie]

@shonuffisthemaster Melting tarps was pretty low on the concern scale.

[austinyun]

@isliceasspie OOooh please do. I've been really interested in Mokume gane lately.