Primitive Technology
 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVV4xeWBIxE

Dudes a genius

Lol

Seems a bit much to keep a fire going. Just start a fire, put it out then do it again the next day.

in this thread aero doesn't understand what a forge is

maybe he is black?

but just to enlighten you on the offchance you're not trolling, a forge is a "fire" whiches purpose is to be really fucking hot, so you can smelt metals.

in this vid the dude makes a primitive forge, and even smelts some iron.

or steel maybe? i'm not too sure on the process, i know to make steel you need iron and carbon, but i think the carbon can come from the charcoal he used, but he didnt use iron itself, but rather the clay from the river, he did put other shit in it though so who knows. i know basically though there is bits of iron in pretty much all dirt, but clay and shit has alot higher content. you burn the fuck out of it so all that is left is the iron

uhoh pretending to be smart and knowledgeable in this thread

How can fire be hotter? It's fire, just add more of it.

we aren't looking at the amount of fire, as much as the concentration of it for lack of a better word.

if i had a ball of clay, and i placed it into a big bonfire, and just let the bonfire burn, the bonfire is gonna be the same temperature no matter what. if you throw more fuel in the form of wood on it i'm saying.

if i light a stick off of the bonfire, the fire on the stick, is the same temp as the fire in the bonfire.

but, if i were to provide the fire more oxygen, it will burn the wood faster, creating more heat.

if you use something other than wood, like charcoal it will burn slower than wood. then you can add more oxygen, for a longer duration, thus, creating a hotter fire

Word

It's iron oxide, (the yellow slime he collected from the swamp) iron oxide can be found in most swampy areas, he then turned it into metal with his forge.
It's a bit of a hobby people are doing now, going into the bush and trying to survive like cavemen, purists like this dude only use materials and tools that he can find or make in the bush, you can see the hut he made in the background that was a previous episode.

word i've seen other vids before where they make the huts and etc

the iron oxides are in the yellow slime. that clay like stuff. he burned it refining it to actual iron. but im only saying it might be steel because the charcoal, but in saying that i think to make actual steel you'd have to take the iron like he made, and burn that in with maybe fresh wood. i thought i read they do it with charcoal though. because all steel is, is iron with some specific carbon make up, and you get the carbon into the iron by some process of burning something lol

but word these are cool

this is beyond caveman shit though for sure. he could feasibly make a good knife out of that iron, i mean if he really wanted to he could just say fuck it and build an actual hammer, an anvil and everything, he could walk around in a shitty suit of plate armor lol. he basically jumped straight from the stone age to the iron age

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzLvqCTvOQY

Yeah this was his last video where he made charcoal,
so it seems he's working towards forging some steel.