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Steel. Craft. History. Every object has a history.

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Japanese Tamahagane and Tatara Smelting

Details coastal iron sand reduction in clay tatara furnaces, kera cakes, and folding steel refining.

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A NOTE FROM THE ARCHIVE

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We study materials, makers and surviving evidence. Legends open the question; history guides the answer.

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