ANST - Smelting Iron and case hardening

[Alexis]

Joe Wolf wrote:
> 
> With all this talk of case-hardening chain shirts and building firepits, I thought I'd make an initial inquiry to this learne'd list:
> 
> How would one go about smelting a small quantity of iron?  Say, large enough for a dagger.  I understand that a large quantity of ore is subjected to high heat until a "bloom" of iron makes its way to the bottom... but what else is involved?  Anyone have experience with this, or know some great reference sources?
> 
> With thanks!
> 
> Lord Manfred Wolf - Budding knife maker, but tired of stock removal
> Barony of the StarGate, Ansteorra

To elaborate in Manfred's first question, does anyone know of a source
for case hardening and/or pricing for said services?

Alexis
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