John Plant of Primitive Technology continues his explorations of Iron Age technology. In this video, he attempts to remove the carbon (decarburize) from some iron prills he produced using a method …
John Plant of Primitive Technology continues his explorations of Iron Age technology. In this video, he attempts to remove the carbon (decarburize) from some iron prills he produced using a method demonstrated in another video. His goal was to produce a malleable iron that he can hammer forge. As always, turn the CC on to get info about what's going on. He explains his process in the video description: I think I figured out how to turn the brittle cast iron I've been producing into malleable iron that can be forged flat. When ever I smelt local ores it always produces cast iron prills rather than softer blooms of low carbon iron as one would expect from…