Fancy Steel ~upd~ Free Video -

Kenji wanted to learn more, but he was poor. He couldn't afford master classes. So he turned to the internet. He discovered that some of the world's best metallurgists and bladesmiths had uploaded complete, free, ad-supported or open-access videos on platforms like YouTube, the Internet Archive, and university lecture portals.

He then made his own video, showing the entire process, and uploaded it with a Creative Commons license. Free for the next curious smith. If you want to see fancy steel being made without spending money: fancy steel free video

One video, titled "The Metallurgy of Damascus Steel | MIT OpenCourseWare," explained the formation of cementite spherulites — those bright bands you see etched in fancy steel. Another, from a retired Swedish smith, showed exactly how to forge-weld 300 layers of 15N20 and 1095 steel using only a charcoal forge and a sledgehammer. Kenji wanted to learn more, but he was poor