Back in the Bay Area but reminiscing about the dangliest of the bahns in Germany :)
September 3, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Back in the Bay Area but reminiscing about the dangliest of the bahns in Germany :)
(Loses 2nd biggest city) We have unearthed the secrets of Ironworking!
August 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
(Loses 2nd biggest city) We have unearthed the secrets of Ironworking!
Stonetop explictly citing @bretdevereaux.bsky.social's A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry blog (for things like how polytheism or ancient ironworking worked) as a major influence has 100% secured its place as *exactly* made for my specific kind of sicko
May 15, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Stonetop explictly citing @bretdevereaux.bsky.social's A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry blog (for things like how polytheism or ancient ironworking worked) as a major influence has 100% secured its place as *exactly* made for my specific kind of sicko
'Furnaces.' (c1945) Edwin Butler Bayliss chose to dedicate his life to the depiction of the industrial heartland of the Black Country in England's West Midlands - it gained its name in the mid-19thC due to the smoke from the many thousands of ironworking foundries and forges.
March 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
'Furnaces.' (c1945) Edwin Butler Bayliss chose to dedicate his life to the depiction of the industrial heartland of the Black Country in England's West Midlands - it gained its name in the mid-19thC due to the smoke from the many thousands of ironworking foundries and forges.
Original ironworking activities now being excavated by our MSc students at UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture would have looked a little like this 🙂
March 16, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Original ironworking activities now being excavated by our MSc students at UCD Centre for Experimental Archaeology & Material Culture would have looked a little like this 🙂
Some friends and I discussed this for an alt-history where the Indians could be a modern power. Divergence point we decided was the Newfoundland Vikings brought some smallpox and their ironworking caught on. Spain met up with an Iron Age Iroquois League and Cherokee nation on the East Coast.
May 1, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Some friends and I discussed this for an alt-history where the Indians could be a modern power. Divergence point we decided was the Newfoundland Vikings brought some smallpox and their ironworking caught on. Spain met up with an Iron Age Iroquois League and Cherokee nation on the East Coast.
L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland preserves structures, objects, and evidence of ironworking linked to the Vikings. The settlement confirms Norse voyages to America around the year 1000, centuries before Columbus, according to documented archaeological evidence.
September 7, 2026 at 4:59 AM
L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland preserves structures, objects, and evidence of ironworking linked to the Vikings. The settlement confirms Norse voyages to America around the year 1000, centuries before Columbus, according to documented archaeological evidence.
what good did ironworking ever do the world. used to be we mixed arsenic with copper to form rudimentary alloys and made shields out of reeds. used to be a real fucking planet smdh
October 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
what good did ironworking ever do the world. used to be we mixed arsenic with copper to form rudimentary alloys and made shields out of reeds. used to be a real fucking planet smdh
St Gobnait is the patron saint of ironworking and beekeeping – a very useful set of skills both in 6th century Ireland and today! 🐝
February 11, 2026 at 4:59 PM
St Gobnait is the patron saint of ironworking and beekeeping – a very useful set of skills both in 6th century Ireland and today! 🐝
honestly the other stuff in there, the truck, the ironworking, the shed building, all read to me as intentionally "white-coded"
July 13, 2026 at 4:32 PM
honestly the other stuff in there, the truck, the ironworking, the shed building, all read to me as intentionally "white-coded"
Sad to hear of the death of Peter Crew earlier this month, former archaeologist for Snowdonia/Eryri National Park and pioneering excavator & experimental archaeologist of Iron Age (and medieval) iron working & smelting sites in Gwynedd ⚒️
📷 Crawcwellt ironworking settlement, excavated by Peter Crew
📷 Crawcwellt ironworking settlement, excavated by Peter Crew
August 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Sad to hear of the death of Peter Crew earlier this month, former archaeologist for Snowdonia/Eryri National Park and pioneering excavator & experimental archaeologist of Iron Age (and medieval) iron working & smelting sites in Gwynedd ⚒️
📷 Crawcwellt ironworking settlement, excavated by Peter Crew
📷 Crawcwellt ironworking settlement, excavated by Peter Crew
Edwin Butler Bayliss chose to dedicate his long life to an obsessive depiction of the industrial heartland of the Black Country in England's West Midlands - it gained its name in the mid 19thC due to the smoke from the many thousands of ironworking foundries and forges. This is from around 1910.
November 11, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Edwin Butler Bayliss chose to dedicate his long life to an obsessive depiction of the industrial heartland of the Black Country in England's West Midlands - it gained its name in the mid 19thC due to the smoke from the many thousands of ironworking foundries and forges. This is from around 1910.
Archaeologists in Japan have identified a small iron tool from the Hayashi-Fugishima site as a possible early saw. Dating to the late 2nd century AD, the toothed artifact may provide evidence of advanced ironworking during the Yayoi period and links to similar tools found in ancient China.
News - Possible Early Saw Technology Uncovered in Japan - Archaeology Magazine
FUKUI, JAPAN—The Asahi Shimbun reports that a piece of iron with a bent end unearthed […]
archaeology.org
June 6, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Archaeologists in Japan have identified a small iron tool from the Hayashi-Fugishima site as a possible early saw. Dating to the late 2nd century AD, the toothed artifact may provide evidence of advanced ironworking during the Yayoi period and links to similar tools found in ancient China.
GrandZhuge is 80 something. He bought scrap at the junkyard. He welded it into a sawmill. Then he sold that sawmill and built a bigger one. For fun. He used the money from the sale purely to make the second one more efficient. He has been retired from ironworking for like 30 years.
“i’ve never seen autism in anyone under 70 years old” well whenever my grandmother has to go to a new place she prints out directions and drives there a day in advance just to make sure she “knows how to do it” so jot that down
September 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
GrandZhuge is 80 something. He bought scrap at the junkyard. He welded it into a sawmill. Then he sold that sawmill and built a bigger one. For fun. He used the money from the sale purely to make the second one more efficient. He has been retired from ironworking for like 30 years.
Dear President Zelenskyy. I'm a 57-year old American that would happily come help out with the war efforts. I am female and disabled but I have a plethora of experience in welding and Ironworking (structural steel). I don't have a passport or money to move out of the USA. I would happily become ⬇️
January 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Dear President Zelenskyy. I'm a 57-year old American that would happily come help out with the war efforts. I am female and disabled but I have a plethora of experience in welding and Ironworking (structural steel). I don't have a passport or money to move out of the USA. I would happily become ⬇️
Leif Eriksson’s Newfoundland Colony does just well enough to thoroughly transfer ironworking and disease immunity to American natives before they vanish into history ala Roanoke.
“what if the Nazis won WWII” alt history is boring — I wanna know your “what if JFK hadn’t been shot” alt history
May 6, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Leif Eriksson’s Newfoundland Colony does just well enough to thoroughly transfer ironworking and disease immunity to American natives before they vanish into history ala Roanoke.
Metallographic analysis of selected specimens has revealed the gradual adoption of ironworking techniques derived from Celtic metallurgy, which were considered superior to bronze casting in terms of mechanical strength and shock absorption.
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April 17, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Metallographic analysis of selected specimens has revealed the gradual adoption of ironworking techniques derived from Celtic metallurgy, which were considered superior to bronze casting in terms of mechanical strength and shock absorption.
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People sometimes ask "why didn't pre-Columbian peoples develop iron working?" But imo the question is "how the fuck did anyone anywhere invent ironworking"
May 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
People sometimes ask "why didn't pre-Columbian peoples develop iron working?" But imo the question is "how the fuck did anyone anywhere invent ironworking"
Ancient African Workshop Reveals Ironworking Tradition That Was Used for Nearly Eight Centuries www.discovermagazine.com/ancient-afri...
Ancient African Workshop Reveals Ironworking Tradition That Was Used for Nearly Eight Centuries
Learn about the discovery of a 2,400-year-old iron-smelting workshop in Senegal, shedding light on the Iron Age in West Africa.
www.discovermagazine.com
April 2, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Ancient African Workshop Reveals Ironworking Tradition That Was Used for Nearly Eight Centuries www.discovermagazine.com/ancient-afri...
Writing about #18thc ironworking and I have essentially no idea what I'm doing, which is stressful b/c i assume someone is going to pop out of the woodwork like "THAT'S NOT WHAT BAR IRON MEANS" or something
August 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Writing about #18thc ironworking and I have essentially no idea what I'm doing, which is stressful b/c i assume someone is going to pop out of the woodwork like "THAT'S NOT WHAT BAR IRON MEANS" or something
🧵Medieval records show that Byland Abbey established a grange at Bentley Grange, Emley by the late 12th century, with evidence suggesting agriculture, iron forging and smelting taking place By the 15th century ironworking had ceased, and after the Dissolution in 1538 the site was recorded as
July 30, 2026 at 7:31 AM
🧵Medieval records show that Byland Abbey established a grange at Bentley Grange, Emley by the late 12th century, with evidence suggesting agriculture, iron forging and smelting taking place By the 15th century ironworking had ceased, and after the Dissolution in 1538 the site was recorded as
I was a Union Journeyman Ironworker for 24 years. Then I fell and broke my neck. I was the first female to ever become a Journeyman Ironworker in my locals history. If I never broke my neck, I'd still be Ironworking.
March 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I was a Union Journeyman Ironworker for 24 years. Then I fell and broke my neck. I was the first female to ever become a Journeyman Ironworker in my locals history. If I never broke my neck, I'd still be Ironworking.
better iron/steel metallurgy
materials science limits were the primary ones on a lot of ancient empires and improving ironworking by a few thousand years is probably the biggest and simplest advancement you could give literally any major empire but the Latin American ones (a dearth of iron there)
materials science limits were the primary ones on a lot of ancient empires and improving ironworking by a few thousand years is probably the biggest and simplest advancement you could give literally any major empire but the Latin American ones (a dearth of iron there)
What’s the simplest non-gun technology you could give the Romans that would still totally reshape the course of global history? I feel like telegraph would do it probably. Maybe steam trains.
This is the truest thing I have ever seen. You cannot imagine how much the Romans would have lost their minds for excel. They literally already started writing our historical chronicles in synchronized columns *by hand*
July 21, 2025 at 5:13 AM
better iron/steel metallurgy
materials science limits were the primary ones on a lot of ancient empires and improving ironworking by a few thousand years is probably the biggest and simplest advancement you could give literally any major empire but the Latin American ones (a dearth of iron there)
materials science limits were the primary ones on a lot of ancient empires and improving ironworking by a few thousand years is probably the biggest and simplest advancement you could give literally any major empire but the Latin American ones (a dearth of iron there)
Ironworking and Ironworking.
My home rez has a reputation.
My home rez has a reputation.
Whether or not you’re running for Congress and trying to seem rugged (and you probably should run, because, look who’s out there) what did your grandpas do for a living?
March 5, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Ironworking and Ironworking.
My home rez has a reputation.
My home rez has a reputation.
Fun fact: The 56-foot (17 m) tall statue depicts the Roman god Vulcan, god of the fire and forge, with ironworking equipment.
September 27, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Fun fact: The 56-foot (17 m) tall statue depicts the Roman god Vulcan, god of the fire and forge, with ironworking equipment.