How to forge a real iron axe, from two lumps of iron to felling a tree.
Day 31 in Tollan. Your knife can't cut down a tree. Tying flat iron to a stick doesn't work: the head works loose and flies off. A real axe has a hole for the handle, the eye, and a wedge to lock it in.
1. Run the furnace again for a second bloom.
2. Hammer both into one thick bar, with a sprinkle of sand so the pieces stick.
3. Hammer a scrap into a short, round rod.
4. Fold the bar around the rod. The hole it leaves is the eye.
5. Weld the ends and hammer the blade out wide and thin.
6. Cool it slowly in the ashes, then grind the edge on sandstone.
7. Carve a hardwood handle, drive the head on, and hammer a wedge into the top.
Cut a notch on the side you want the tree to fall, chop the back a little higher, and it falls right where you aimed it.
And two ridges away, someone heard that...
Episode 14 of Isekai Engineer: Fantasy Survival Guides.
Missed Episode 13? Watch how to build a reusable furnace first.
Next episode: How to Build a Palisade.
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