7:12 am
September 6, 2012
Someone sent us an email with a link to an ad on Craigslist Seattle. It is for 20 Tons of Free Bituminous Coal in Tacoma. Not knowing whether this is coal that can be used by blacksmiths, I decided to post it and let the real smiths decide.
2:53 pm
NWBA Member
December 27, 2014
For free? Something makes me doubt that. One would have to test it out in order to know whether it would be forge-worthy. And as good as coal is to have, I don't have the room to store even a ton of coal.
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7:36 pm
NWBA Member
February 25, 2012
Bituminous coal is the good stuff for forging as it cokes up well. How good it is depends on the assay of chemicals; smithing coal should be very low in sulfur and ash.
But considering that anthracite and other types of coal/any old coal has been used successfully by blacksmiths, free sounds like a screaming deal!
7:28 am
May 28, 2015
I ended up getting a load of this coal. Filled my truck bed to the top. Weight was right at a ton. My brother in law says it works great. The guys were building a proof of concept for a Japanese company. They moved the coal and dried it at the same time. Very cool set up and the coal was bone dry after they soaked it with a fire hose. He said lots of blacksmiths had already picked up a lot of it before I got there. Awesome score.
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