It always amazes me how tough crucible steel is and how difficult it is to move when you first get it out of the crucible. Can you imagine how long it took Ulfberht to make one of these all by hand?😅 Excellent work and I love the explanation series. Would definitely love to see some more crucible steel. Is there any other pattern worth etching when doing crucible steel?
Sir As I have stated on a previous post , your work is brilliant. Please do more crucible steel work it’s absolutely beautiful. I would love to see this sword finished and etched to bring out the pattern of the wootz. Again as I said previously it makes me sad to think that these beautiful pieces will never be used for their original purpose, maybe chopping up tatami maybe. Brilliant work.
I would definitely love to see some more crucible steel! I've been watching your channel for a few years now, & I love the things you come up with! You're a true master of your craft. I hope that I can afford one of your blades someday. Anyway, I really like the voice-over videos, too. It's really cool to hear you explain the process & why you do things the way you do. Of course, I still like your traditional videos as well, so I personally wouldn't mind a mix of the two formats. I hope that you & your family have a very Merry Christmas!!!!
I can'[t tell you how many of your videos I have watched while you work your magic but this is the first one I have heard your voice. Nice to hear you explaining your work, step by step!
I can't imagine pulling the plug on Freerk sword any time...but much less after the work has begun. Love the new format with voice-over explaining what's going on. Is that Freerk we're hearing, or some golden throated voice actor?
You're doing a fantastic job! Your English is better than mine, and I'm a theoretical native speaker. Really loving the commentary. Man, that crucible steel looked really hard to move, at first. It was nice to see the old power hammer sparked up. Keep up the artistry and I'll keep working on sweet talking my wife into commissioning my next birthday gift. @@freerkwieringa275
I would certainly hope that your press would shape the billet much quicker than beating it on your anvil. It was a rather fascinating process to watch. Fixing that warp was shockingly easy. I was amazed that it was fixed merely by pushing it back into shape and cooling it. Then after it was tempered it was quite flexible yet retained its designed shape. I have a whole new respect for crucible steel now and would love to watch another series.
On the Rockwell hardness scale, what value has this blade been hardened to? By the way... I imagine that during the heyday of the Nordic peoples, your swords would have been bought by the most distinguished warrior families, but the process of producing such good blades could take three times as much time as it does today. Respect Master!💪
What did the etch look like on this blade? I would love to see a crucible / pattern welded combo blade. I think you could do interesting things with the patterns. Great video as always.
I’ve been waiting for this since you first started and then stopped. Now I know the client backed off…. Please continue with the crucible steel products. Thank you from Australia
Would love to see you make a crucible blade with all the off cuts of your Damascus billets. For the design, you should make the sword of what your dream blade would be
Great work as always! What were the ingredients in the crucible steel? Was it a deliberate recipe, or was it just bits of other steels you already had on hand?
Congratulations on the wonderful work!! Could you tell me how I can get this protective varnish? I don't think it even sells here in my country (Brazil)
Amazing blade ,and yes do more on crucible steel swords , I would buy one if I weren't so poor.a make just enough off my knives and other smithing doodads to live
@@freerkwieringa275 Правильно. Он небольшой,удобно рубить и колоть в замкнутом помещении. Вполне можно изрубить в лапшу воров или бандитов.Да и плашмя если по башке дать будет отлично.
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Gotta love the Wootz. I see this is an old video. How would crucible steel do with the press? From what I've seen, it's harder to shape. Would the press shatter the puck?
Hmmmmmmmm how to start? well at first i would focus on terms. Is Crucible steel similiar to the Ulfberht sword and to wootz? would like to take a look at the structure and the Dedrites under a microscope. Is there a Recipe for what goes into the melting pot?
This steel flexible like L6 but a bit harder. I would really have to devote a year on it with different expirimets etc to get all the info. But the first impression is positive.
Migration era blade... that would have been Damascus steel at that time, called Damascus because it was traded in the city of Damascus but exported from India to Damascus and called Wootz there. Wootz is what they called crucible steel so it isn't a special word for a special steel. It was special at it's time because the rest of the iron was from a bloomery furnace, ore and burning coal in a chimney together, the iron in the ore melts and forms a "bloom" in the bottom of the chimney. This bloom is a misshapen chunk of imperfect iron and steel with bits of slag and everything else inside the furnace when forming, that unwanted material gets embedded into the metal when the bloom is consolidated into a billet through forging. Crucible steel is made in a blast furnace, the ore is held in a crucible and the burning coal is kept separate with air pumped through it and blasted into the chamber the crucible is in, it brings the metal to a boil(molten) rather than simply melting it and all the slag floats to the top. Modern iron is smelted this way but during that era the crucibles were not reusable and the molten iron wasn't poured out. Once the puck was removed from the crucible the slag is removed and you have a much more pure iron billet than you can ever get out of a bloomery, To get steel the process is repeated but with a carbon source added to the crucible, usually charcoal. To get allot of steel from a bloomery the bloom is broken up and fed back through the process so it could collect more carbon from the coal... and inclusions of unwanted material. The process of smelting the ore using a blast furnace rather than a bloomery furnace is what made it special, it was more pure and the carbon quantity could be controlled.
Having no money I have been gathering sticks, collecting cans, and branding plastic bags into line and cargo net. 🛹We see: stick builds do dragon transmutable; magnets on bracelet, gold plated bookmark. SBDD/MOBGBM 🔄 SWOOSHBOOM 🐲💨🔥💥 What I made is a kind of vault too. Four calums to the ceiling of red tape and hexagon cut outs of cardboard. With the stick hoop. The tabs, the compact disk. Out side where I scavenge the bones of an animal. Now the air-conditioning smells eerily like an animal crossing. Molecular arrangement inside and out.
It always amazes me how tough crucible steel is and how difficult it is to move when you first get it out of the crucible. Can you imagine how long it took Ulfberht to make one of these all by hand?😅
Excellent work and I love the explanation series. Would definitely love to see some more crucible steel.
Is there any other pattern worth etching when doing crucible steel?
Not on this one.
I really like these videos where you describe how you build your blades. Nothing like information straight from a master
Thank you!
Crucible steel is fascinating to me. It looks much more difficult to forge. A really interesting process. Thanks for the video.
Still love your work after all these years!
thanks! great to hear!
Sir
As I have stated on a previous post , your work is brilliant. Please do more crucible steel work it’s absolutely beautiful. I would love to see this sword finished and etched to bring out the pattern of the wootz.
Again as I said previously it makes me sad to think that these beautiful pieces will never be used for their original purpose, maybe chopping up tatami maybe.
Brilliant work.
I would definitely love to see some more crucible steel! I've been watching your channel for a few years now, & I love the things you come up with! You're a true master of your craft. I hope that I can afford one of your blades someday. Anyway, I really like the voice-over videos, too. It's really cool to hear you explain the process & why you do things the way you do. Of course, I still like your traditional videos as well, so I personally wouldn't mind a mix of the two formats. I hope that you & your family have a very Merry Christmas!!!!
Cool,yes that's what I am planning to do.
I can'[t tell you how many of your videos I have watched while you work your magic but this is the first one I have heard your voice. Nice to hear you explaining your work, step by step!
Thank you for explaining the steps as you built this blade. This is very interesting. Beautiful blade.
Thank you!
Fascinating process. I always enjoy learning new things from watching you work. Thanks Freerk!
Thanks!
I have watched a lot of the videos.
Freerk, your work is awesome.
Skilled craftsmanship of a bygone era..
⚔️⚒️🗡👍
Your videos are always great & the no nonsense narration is greatly appreciated. Inspirational stuff.
Yes, I think the quest for crucible steel is indeed a worthwhile pursuit. Veddy nice…
Thanks!
I can't imagine pulling the plug on Freerk sword any time...but much less after the work has begun. Love the new format with voice-over explaining what's going on. Is that Freerk we're hearing, or some golden throated voice actor?
Still it happens... Thanks! It's my voice. I am trying to get the hang of it. (the voice over work)
You're doing a fantastic job! Your English is better than mine, and I'm a theoretical native speaker. Really loving the commentary. Man, that crucible steel looked really hard to move, at first. It was nice to see the old power hammer sparked up. Keep up the artistry and I'll keep working on sweet talking my wife into commissioning my next birthday gift. @@freerkwieringa275
Love watching a blade come to life like that and appreciate the explanation of what you’re doing at each step.
Thank you for the video and Merry Christmas 🎉
It's always cool seeing crucible steel being made, that's something I haven't tried yet.
Excellent work. Another first class voiceover too
Yes. More crucible steel please!
I would really like to. But I need a, buyer or a funder.
I would certainly hope that your press would shape the billet much quicker than beating it on your anvil.
It was a rather fascinating process to watch. Fixing that warp was shockingly easy. I was amazed that it was fixed merely by pushing it back into shape and cooling it. Then after it was tempered it was quite flexible yet retained its designed shape.
I have a whole new respect for crucible steel now and would love to watch another series.
On the Rockwell hardness scale, what value has this blade been hardened to? By the way... I imagine that during the heyday of the Nordic peoples, your swords would have been bought by the most distinguished warrior families, but the process of producing such good blades could take three times as much time as it does today. Respect Master!💪
I would definitely love to see more crucible steel. Very good video. The explanations are great and very informative! Thank you!
thanks! I would need to have some funding though.
Great work mate.
Thanks
What did the etch look like on this blade? I would love to see a crucible / pattern welded combo blade. I think you could do interesting things with the patterns. Great video as always.
I’ve been waiting for this since you first started and then stopped. Now I know the client backed off…. Please continue with the crucible steel products. Thank you from Australia
I'm always amazed of your work😉
Thank you!
Incredible this is so interesting!
Thanks!
Would love to see you make a crucible blade with all the off cuts of your Damascus billets. For the design, you should make the sword of what your dream blade would be
Yes, the crucible steel process is very enjoyable to watch.
Great work as always! What were the ingredients in the crucible steel? Was it a deliberate recipe, or was it just bits of other steels you already had on hand?
Impressive how thin ,strong and flexible.
Yes. And can we see the finished sword with handle?
Yes. They will be posted
@@freerkwieringa275 thank you,you do beautiful work.
Congratulations on the wonderful work!! Could you tell me how I can get this protective varnish? I don't think it even sells here in my country (Brazil)
I hope you get that classic (actual) rippled Damascus ingot look.
I has. But I can't etch it properly.
Amazing blade ,and yes do more on crucible steel swords , I would buy one if I weren't so poor.a make just enough off my knives and other smithing doodads to live
Sword grit perfect. Wootz steel vs damascus steel
Мощный меч а как гнется.. Точно в битве не сломается. Здорово. Великолепная работа.
Thanks! I keep it now as a home defense.
@@freerkwieringa275 Правильно. Он небольшой,удобно рубить и колоть в замкнутом помещении. Вполне можно изрубить в лапшу воров или бандитов.Да и плашмя если по башке дать будет отлично.
Do you make the steel pieces you added to the crucible? or do you just buy it?
Awesome mate well done
Cheers Rory
Merhaba, emeğin gerçekten çok fazla. Eski usül devam. Pota çeliği mükemmel. Karışım güzel. 👍🏼 tebrikler gerçekten. Kulladığın yüz maskesinin modelini yazabilir misin? Rica ediyorum.
I find this very interesting.
Interested to see that etched..... Wikid job mate..
Glass floats away impurities in the steel.
Not so much. It just provides an oxygen barrier. You want the carbon not to oxidize out of the steel.
@@gwcstudio glass is a *source* of oxygen at these temperatures. We literally obtain silicon by carbothermically reducing it withcarbon.
Gotta love the Wootz. I see this is an old video. How would crucible steel do with the press? From what I've seen, it's harder to shape. Would the press shatter the puck?
The steel has to be shock "softened" first, to break up the chains. it could be the press would destroy the steel at first.
Well done.
Hmmmmmmmm how to start? well at first i would focus on terms. Is Crucible steel similiar to the Ulfberht sword and to wootz? would like to take a look at the structure and the Dedrites under a microscope. Is there a Recipe for what goes into the melting pot?
In depth video?
Why does it look as if the middle of the blade is at a colder temp? Wont it create a weak spot?
Um dia ainda vou comprar uma lindeza dessa ! Parabéns l👏👏👏👏👏
Awesome!
I must have blinked and missed the fullering process.
Ah, pre hydraulic press. The good old days.
They say a hammer works best at first in the process, to "break" the steel structure up.
It’s beautiful
Hell yeah crucible steel rock's i been watching FZ his knifes can cut glass 🍸 🎄🐈🍻🤙
REKINDLE THE QUEST FOR CRUCIBLE STEAL SWORDS
This might be a stupid question but how does crucible steel compare to the type of steel you usually use???
This steel flexible like L6 but a bit harder. I would really have to devote a year on it with different expirimets etc to get all the info. But the first impression is positive.
That looks like a Ulfberht quality sword.
I love swords
Migration era blade... that would have been Damascus steel at that time, called Damascus because it was traded in the city of Damascus but exported from India to Damascus and called Wootz there. Wootz is what they called crucible steel so it isn't a special word for a special steel. It was special at it's time because the rest of the iron was from a bloomery furnace, ore and burning coal in a chimney together, the iron in the ore melts and forms a "bloom" in the bottom of the chimney. This bloom is a misshapen chunk of imperfect iron and steel with bits of slag and everything else inside the furnace when forming, that unwanted material gets embedded into the metal when the bloom is consolidated into a billet through forging.
Crucible steel is made in a blast furnace, the ore is held in a crucible and the burning coal is kept separate with air pumped through it and blasted into the chamber the crucible is in, it brings the metal to a boil(molten) rather than simply melting it and all the slag floats to the top. Modern iron is smelted this way but during that era the crucibles were not reusable and the molten iron wasn't poured out. Once the puck was removed from the crucible the slag is removed and you have a much more pure iron billet than you can ever get out of a bloomery, To get steel the process is repeated but with a carbon source added to the crucible, usually charcoal. To get allot of steel from a bloomery the bloom is broken up and fed back through the process so it could collect more carbon from the coal... and inclusions of unwanted material.
The process of smelting the ore using a blast furnace rather than a bloomery furnace is what made it special, it was more pure and the carbon quantity could be controlled.
good
I always wanted to know what the kitty litter box was for... Lol
Try doing it from ore.
i cant believe how good that steel is theres absolutely no debris comeing off it ( waste )
❤👍
How much gas did this process consume?
About 3 to 4 15 kg barrels
So why the glass?
Well, he said it was an oxygen sealant.
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Having no money I have been gathering sticks, collecting cans, and branding plastic bags into line and cargo net. 🛹We see: stick builds do dragon transmutable; magnets on bracelet, gold plated bookmark. SBDD/MOBGBM 🔄 SWOOSHBOOM 🐲💨🔥💥 What I made is a kind of vault too. Four calums to the ceiling of red tape and hexagon cut outs of cardboard. With the stick hoop. The tabs, the compact disk. Out side where I scavenge the bones of an animal. Now the air-conditioning smells eerily like an animal crossing. Molecular arrangement inside and out.