How to Forge Rebar in a Campfire

[Watch Ryder]

Needing to manipulate metal in the wilderness isn't easy, but with a campfire forge you can make things happen, as shown in this video...

[Harry Henderson]

You will have to use water If you intend to temper metals, snow is a bad heat conductor to stretch the metal molecules into a rigid structure. It will cool, but not at any rate or uniformity.

Harold J Henderson Esq.
Metallurgy MBA PhD.

[gamgee]

I don't know how well it works, but plunging newly forged blades into the torsos of slaves used to be popular.

[rover]

I always used used motor oil. Maybe that's bad?

[swampbilly]

I always used used motor oil. Maybe that's bad?

me too........

also use it to add heat to a bonfire

[Watch Ryder]

You will have to use water If you intend to temper metals, snow is a bad heat conductor to stretch the metal molecules into a rigid structure. It will cool, but not at any rate or uniformity.

Harold J Henderson Esq.
Metallurgy MBA PhD.

If it's good enough for conan's sword, it's good enough for a natty, rough and tumble rebar.

[Watch Ryder]

I always used used motor oil. Maybe that's bad?

Oil is the best. That's how the Viking sword was tempered in a recent documentary.

[Absolutely!]

Oil is the best. That's how the Viking sword was tempered in a recent documentary.

Not... in viking times?