Using A 3000 Year-Old Technique To Create Steel…

Ian Z Forge July 18, 2025
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Ian Z Forge

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Forged in Fire Champion 🔥 I make art out of metal :D Contact [email protected] for Custom Work! Professional Bladesmith, specializing in high-end, one of a kind swords and knives! My aim is to make incredible pieces of art by means of jewelry and bladesmithing skills 🙏 Isaiah 41:10 ❤️

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In this video I set out to create steel, using a traditional technique as old as the iron age. This technique is called 'Oroshigane,' and produces a steel that is very similar to that of Japanese Sword steel, tamahagane. We then forge this homemade steel into a beautiful Japanese chef knife; will it work? Thanks so much for watching, I would like to give a huge thank you to Emiliano Carrillo for all of the help in learning how to perform a iron melt like this. As always, go make something cool, God bless - Ian Z :)