Thought this might be interesting.
Iron making the primitive way. This was done all over Scandinavia, where ore holding marshes were present.
Some still practise this skill. I've been lucky to see this process done twice.
The norwegian word for the process is "blestring".
Here are two pages with some info, the google translation is not very good.
http://www.bjorgvin-handverkslag.net/24936643
http://translate.google.com/transla...landsjern/Jernet-og-smeden/Teknologi/&act=url
Iron making the primitive way. This was done all over Scandinavia, where ore holding marshes were present.
Some still practise this skill. I've been lucky to see this process done twice.
The norwegian word for the process is "blestring".
Here are two pages with some info, the google translation is not very good.
http://www.bjorgvin-handverkslag.net/24936643
http://translate.google.com/transla...landsjern/Jernet-og-smeden/Teknologi/&act=url