Remember the charcoal I made? And the grill I was planning? Well I was trying out the location of the new grill and I decided to grill using self made charcoals! Did they work? Read on!
Grilling with self made charcoals
Iron in my mind
What is the history of iron? How did we start turning rocks into tools, iron from ore? I’ve been interested in the history of technology for quite some time and my interest always leads to trying out stuff myself. So I’ve been on a road to make a simple iron tool from scratch for a while now and here is a rather extensive take on how to smelt your own iron.
Creating charcoal using the mound method
I found this magnificent video by one of my favourite vloggers, Primitive Technology about how charcoal is made using the mound method. I decided to start my iron bloomery project by making my own charcoal.