The Road to Wootz: Attempt 2 (+Bloopers??)
This road will be a long, winding, journey, so you should go follow Finn and I on Instagram
Liam- @ljpenn_
Finn- @finnwmorley
Well, things didn't go exactly as we hoped, not a huge surprise since we are doing this just about the hardest way possible, during the worst time of year haha... There will be a part three when we actually make a propane forge for this and do it the easy way. Our method of building a brick structure on the beach and burning charcoal just isn't getting hot enough, and it is way too much work(lots of fun though). Even if it did fully melt, we probably wouldn't have had enough vanadium in the steel to form the carbides required for the wootz damascus pattern. We learned and are determined to create useable material. I personally would have loved to be able to make something from steel that had the story of being made on the beach, and it would really make it cooler, but we cant make any knives if we can't make the steel. Onwards and upwards!