You don't melt metal in a camp fire, where did the knowledge come from?
Well, actually you do, or at least you can with copper ore.
It is possible to do some smithing in a wood fire, the cherokee indians here in Ga, used to use hickory blocks,
but for real smithing a forced blast is necessary, in other
parts of the world a simple fan, a goat skin or even breath
power does the trick.
YEAH, that’s one of the mysteries of civilization I wonder about. Who was the guy that said, “Say Moog, I think I’ll see if this rock burns and something comes out of it that we can use.”