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There’s a guy in Australia trying to utilize bog iron using stoke age technology (stone axes, clay furnaces, etc. the channel is called primitive technology, showing what people did without metal tools. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpm6ZYt8fLZ1atE&pp=ygUdQm9nIGlyb24gcHJpbWl0aXZlIHRlY2hub2xvZ3k%3D

I grove trekk, slik ble gjort under vikingtiden og ?

What I find interesting is you use neither a bloomery nor charcoal and you appear to get a good bloom. I've been looking for a process that would have been used in Viking times. This process predates the Vikings by maybe 1000 years. 500 or more just based on the fall of the Roman Empire and and the start of the Viking era. Thankyou gentlemen.

1:13 "It is not possible to observe this on plants or vegetation." "You can only see black color right where it flows out." "You have to find the ore to see the difference in color on plants, then it generally has a brown color to it." ---- So, is it possible to find ore by observing plants or not? 7:55 Why it is important to get the same distance from the center to the ore, as well as from the ore to the stone edge? And is there an english translation of this book?

even the cup started burning lol

Underbart att se!

Ok I’m going to try this

Hei! Veldig spennende film! Jeg ser dere tilsetter borax, og lurer på om det finnes i Norge? Eventuelt hvordan får man tak i det? Jeg er på utkikk etter borax til bruk i keramikk.

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dangerously cool

hvorfor er alle komentarene på engelsk???

Seems very similar to the way some Japanese make tamahagane or however you spell it. Another close cousin would probably be wootz steel.

This was very interesting! What a lesson in early Ironworks in Scandinavia. Excellent film work. Thank you very much for making and sharing this. Also, hats off to the gentlemen who keep this tradition alive.

Great video.

Very nice work fellas. Shame I could not have been their to help you all. Good day from USA.

Hello from Pennsylvania in the United States. First, thanks for the great video and for keeping this traditional method alive. My region of Pennsylvania has quite a few Furnaces as well as lots of areas with Limekiln in their names. This lovely video made my history come to life. Keep up the wonderful work and it looks like a new generation has joined. Bravo!

I love watching stuff like this. If I lived there I would definitely love to help out one time. Unfortunately, I live far away. Greetings from Canada, Vancouver Island to be exact.

So much work to make a tool to ease life one task at a time

Wonderful work and really interesting to see how iron came to life, I’m 50 yrs plus now and have wondered “how did we actually make basic iron itself” the iron smithies must have been a really skilled profession throughout history, after all if they made the iron from ore itself and gave customers products that they could use and would last so much longer than anything else, it had an enormous cost to it. When I retire in another 15yrs or so, I’ll add it to my things to visit around the world tour, looks so very interesting, thank you for sharing your work and knowledge to everyone else around the world. Thanks. Philip 🇬🇧

A people who remember and value their past, is a people for the ages. Deep respect.

Really cool to see how much work went into producing a small chunk of iron and amazing that people figured out how to do it long ago really cool process 👍👍👍

WHAT A WONDERFUL SKILL TO HAVE ITS AMAZING WHAT CAN BE DONE.LONG LONG LONG LONG LIFE TO ALL OF YE MEN WONDERFUL WORK .BEST OF LUCK FROM ME IN WEST OF IRELAND .ITS AMAZING YOU WOULD WONder how first person thought of this .

Brillliant. Coke to Ore ratio in a Cupola, is about 4 of Ore to 1 of Coke. ( by Weight)

Norway is a PIRATE state. NordStream sabotage will not be forgotten. People get the governments they deserve.

I've watched many attempts at creating quality blooms using ancient techniques. Most have failed. Should have done their homework more diligently.

Cool thanks, I forged old New Orleans wrought iron in college had to heat it up way more than mild steel.

Thanks for this video so if we ever get knocked back into the Stone Age by all these politicians maybe we can get some iron too thanks again great video

Today 15 men can produce 500 tons of iron per month, using natural gas to smelt and forge.

In England we call it Iron Water.

Why he mix Jesus into this? Theres no indication that Jesus was crucified, but rather impaled. Historical facts gives no clue to crucifixion, while impalement was used throughout the old world for several millennia.

That was amazing, truly inspiring. I'm a novice smith, and it's nice to be reminded how well off we are today. With steel being readily available in all shapes and sizes, not to mention the variety of steels we have. It can be easy to overlook what all went into the production of an iron bloom that size. This would be alot of fun to take part in, maybe one day. Ive seen on the black bear forge channel, John and a friend of his built a clay furnace to gain a bloom, that was very cool too. But this topped it in my book. Great work to you all, and thank you for keeping this special method alive today! 🍻

So I looked up the book he references towards the end of the video ("A guy name Ole Evenstad who wrote down the entire process in detail"). It's called "Ole Evenstad's Treatise on the iron ore which is found in the bogs and marshes of Norway, and the method by which it is transformed into iron and steel (1790)" Or maybe thats what the translation calls it. Here's a great quote from it "A righteous man makes no secret of the knowledge which he discovers and owns which can promote the common good."

Wonderful

Very cool

Absolutely fascinating! It's good to see ancient skills have not been forgotten.

This looks like a similar rpocess and product as the Japanese Tamahagane?.. I'm no expert, just what I (think) I see. So interesting anyway. Subbed here!

Som boende i gammal svensk järnbygd, (vendel) så blev jag påmind om att jag velat göra något liknande länge nu. Tack!

Cool

Really cool to see the progress. I am half Norwegian and love Scandinavian steel. I own many Scandi knives. Love what you do. I was also trained in history. Thanks.

Beautiful content. Thank you.

Them Norwegians, they are an enthusiastic people…

This is about as exciting as watching paint dry…

Anything with the word “Bog” in it, has my attention.

They seem like a rowdy bunch? Lol

That was really interesting. Thanks for the post.

All the steps had to be figured out by someone.. think of all the trials and errors before the process was perfected .. who thought of digging up soil around oily patches of water to find iron ore ...

And that is why iron was so expensive and prized in the early iron-age. The effort and resources required to make a few Kg of iron was huge. In the Ancient Middle East an iron dagger was a gift fit for a king. (in the late Bronze age)

That was really clever with regards the carbon content. So many go wrong at that stage. By keeping carbon within it, the metal became malleable and would not crumble due to being too clean and pure!