I came across this movie the other day produced by Ken Koons
entitled Ore to Axe. I rented
it at Amazon, but was so impressed with it I’m buying a copy.
The film goes
through the process of making an axe literally from the ground up. It details collecting and preparing the iron
ore, to making the necessary amount of charcoal. From there, a smelter is
constructed and the ore is turned into iron. The smiths then take the bloom and
forge it into an axe. Along the way they transform part of the bloom into steel
for the axes cutting edge.
The movie is not a detailed step by step process, but it's well done and extremely interesting. I highly recommend it.
