When you hear it said that “Modern steel is disposable by design”, your ears perk up, as you just caught the unmistakable sound of faux romanticism along with ‘lost ancient technology‘ vibes. Although ...

It's one thing to imagine how an ancient technology worked and quite another to actually get your hands dirty trying it. That's the whole idea behind "experimental archaeology" and the experiments Dan ...

"Dedicated to Professor Radomír Pleiner." "Within this volume, several authors from both western and eastern Europe introduces in eighteen contributions recent and/or summarizing results of ...

A blacksmithing process explores retrieving and working an iron bloom, showing extraction, refinement, and traditional ...

County Clare is set to host a gathering of iron smelters and blacksmiths, with the Caherconnell International Furnace Festival returning to the Burren. Described as one of Europe’s most unique ...