Iron smelting in the early medieval slag drop shaft furnace, making iron 

Tough work six hundred years ago no easier today to recreate the simple history! Thanks guys, really interesting!

Excellent work. Understanding how much work this is/was makes you appreciate modern furnaces, blowers, and power hammers more. A lot of blood, burns, and sweat goes into a smelt.

This must have been one of the most shitty jobs ever. But at the same time, you look absolutely badass doing it. There’s something about dragging a ball of flaming metal around and then proceeding to beat the shit out of it with a hammer that commands respect.

I’ve always wondered how they got furnaces hot enough to melt Metal back then . This is so cool

Good job guys!! A huge loop, very impressive!

I have to say, this is ideal as opposed to an automatic blower. You have so much more control over the amount of airflow at any given time. I was just watching another video in which the blower was so strong it was blowing their ore and charcoal right out the top. It's just more work.

No eye protection. Brilliant.

Looks like fun! Love the hand forged bucket ❤

Good video, thankyou for posting!

Incredible, this is exactly how we do it in Africa too, funny how we came up with the same ideas while separated by thousands of kilometers

A Big job! TNX for sharing! 73 from Brasil

Thanks again that was awesome to see keep up the good work we love you guys,,,that was awesome,,,we ont Moore of this project, s

Very well done, especially the bloom forging !

Besides trapping, the American fur trade, which resulted in many of America's great trails being blazed, was carried on the back of steel. Native Americans would trade many pelts for steel in the form of knives initially and later hammers and raw stock. Very interesting stuff. I was in a village in India about 17 years ago and my mother thought to bring them some mirrors. I remember us giving out these tiny 6x6 mirrors and they were stoked! Apparently, they only had one in the village and it in the bathroom of a government building. People rarely had access to it. It's so easy to take for granted the technological, industrial and logistical apatatus that makes mirrors (something once highly prized) something disposable. Amazin.

Just what I need for my students thanx!

Do you add any flux like limestone or shells with your charcoal and ore? Do you roast the ore first? Very nice video.

*in the old days* "Hey guys, let's heat up some dirt and when it's all cool looking let's beat it with big hammers to see what we can make". 🤣

Good, way to work up a sweat, and getting something useful done, rather than just going to a damn spa

Интересно еще и литьё бронзы. Как древние металурги догадались совмещать медь и цинк, что.ы получилась бронза. Хотя железо это тоже интересно.

Very well done I would love to know how high the carbon content is at this point. Am I right if I assume that it is rather high? I really don't know much about metallurgy

Bad ass!

How do you know how high/low to punch the hole to bleed off the slag?

Super big bog!

hi this is so amazing, if u had ore with low enough granular size say almost like talc powder, will it reduce energy consumption and increase yield of pure Fe?

Crazy how they filmed this in the 14th century

We are witnessing the death throws of the bronze age. A huge technological leap for mankind. A metal that could be repaired if broken unlike bronze.

Labai patiko!

Skąd wzięliście rudę i jaki to rodzaj rudy? Ciemny proch, więc wygląda na magnetyt.

The beginning of this video sounds like inside of Mordor or something

Shit, almost burnt the cottage or house down

Good work, good video 👍 It is so silent without electric blower... Was the bloom containing a good amount of carbon? Also, do you know of to obtain high carbon steel everytime? Maybe letting the bloom longer in the furnace?

Man I love staring at a bucket while they work the bloom

Kind Sir, what would be the proportion/ratio of iron ore to charcoal, by measure of weight please. Kind regards.

Great re-enactment. Do you have any videos discussing where they sourced the iron ore and how they recognized and collected it?

Ive always wondered if it would be nore efficient to powderize the charcoal. And maybe mix with the ore and maybe charge both at once. Melting silica mix down into glass for blowing and casting is sooo much easier.

How much of the iron bloom is lost in the hammering process?

what type of hat is that in the thumbnail preview?

Hero❤

why were they using wooden hammers?

what is that lava flowing out made of

keeping it real medieval with lack of safety glasses lol...

to what purpose does the layer of dirt serve, separation from the wood ash from i assume logs to start that fire, and the real charcoal, to burn it slower? WHOAAAAA THAT ISNT A FLAMING INGOT THAT IS A METEORITE

Artisian iron?

how many kilograms of coal does it take to make an iron?

Красавцы! Глаза берегите! Почему не все в очках работают?

bonjour, combien de tonnes de bois pour fabriquer 1 kg de fer?

Why not let the entire thing just cool slowly? Let it sit a full 24 hours before breaking open. Wouldn't that produce a better end product?

Enjoy your work but fear of the metal can’t come into the forge.but he will learn

Кузнецы-колдуны, что с огнём играют🔥

This is the worst kind of steal you could buy

👍🌹🌹🌹🌹💌

Der Titel ist nicht korrekt. Eisen ist das Resultat der EisenERZverhüttung!

Polak potrafi

the grass were ruined

IM DOING THIS TYPE OF SHlT ANYWAY

La flamme n'est pas belle

С чужого видео копирует вор.

Next time a woman complains about men 'never knowing the pain of childbirth', show her this 😄

Boring!

После такого видео на обычный молоток или гвозди смотришь немного другими глазами... Мы избалованы современной металлургией.