Smelting MALACHITE into a KNIFE

Check out some more footage from the Beltain Festival I visited while at Butser Ancient Farm this spring in the UK, on our secondary channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8pcuWwHrJw

Fr tho what caveman was like “yo guys this rock is fricken green let’s burn it lol”

I love this reboot. This is just amazing and exactly what I look forward to every week.

That British dude was amazing, the humor was perfect 👌🏻

I loved the British guy, he was just so genuine and kind. I hope the best for him

I love how MEL Chemistry sponsors like, every video. It really is the perfect type of sponsor for a channel like this.

5 years from now: This episode of HTME: Space Age is sponsored by SpaceX

"Cutting edge technology" Ah, I see where that term comes from :)

“They had a power tool we couldn’t afford, slaves”

that smelter guy was cool. he sounds like he'd be really fun to sit and chat with over a pint.

this is pretty cool to see. Im glad you are exploring these lost arts from a "from scratch" perspective. To answer your question about why Bronze was developed first over things like paper and writing well you just have to understand human nature first. Even today we have to "Establish a Perimeter" before we can do more delicate tasks like writing a document. Monsters, the dark, and other humans want to take your food. No time to write when there are constant threats lurking just beyond. Once you have the tools and the bodies standing guard only then can you take the time to create something that is not going to protect you, help you gather food, or make shelter.

Heyy! When you get to the iron age, you can easily harden iron to high carbon steel with case hardening. It's just packing the ready tool head into an airtight clay vessel filled with charcoal and firing it. The carbon will seep into the iron. To finish off you smash the ceramic and quench it. Firing times can range from 30 min to a couple hours. Most tools only need to hold an edge so it's common to leave the core more flexible ~30/60 min firing.

It always amazes me just how innovative and smart "primitive" people were when it came to making things and just how smart we sometimes think we are compared to them until we try to make the same items that they were making with ease.

This dude is just playing Minecraft in real life. Finally we too can punch wood into submission. Lovely

I love the progression that you show in technology. This reminds me of playing the computer game Civilization!

I have a vision of you in five or ten years hosting a show where you set challenges like "make a copper ax" for teams of contestants with eliminations every week and an eventual winner

Might I suggest the book "Primitive Technology" by John Plant, available at all reputable booksellers near you.

OMG, what a great episode! I've cast a lot of bronze, but never made it from scratch! Hats off to you--this was quite an achievement!

loved your show before the reboot, been around since about 100k followers, but now it feels more organized and easy to follow. great work!

I help my mom with homeschooling my younger siblings, (8 and 6 years old) and I remembered this channel, so I'm going to start showing them these videos and then doing a project related to them. Thank you SO MUCH!