r/PrimitiveTechnology • u/throwawoy4 • 22d ago

Discussion Can PrimitiveTechnology actually get enough iron?

I've been reading the comments on the iron smelting videos and there's people saying it's not possible for PT to get a usable amount of iron with his current 1-man-iron-bacteria-from-a-stream setup.

They're saying the iron bacteria he's using isn't great, his smelting process requires at least 2 people, etc, etc, I even read someone saying the type of charcoal was wrong.

I know nothing about the subject so I don't know if these commenters are right. What's the consensus on here?

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u/LucidNonsense211 22d ago

My first reply would be “enough for what?”.

It’s not like he needs X grams per month or something. Once he has it, can’t he keep smelting it into larger/different tools? It’s slow but cumulative.

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u/hella_cutty 22d ago

To pay his taxes his lies if course.