[Hacktrick]

That's very interesting. Tbh even though I think bout postapocalyptic situations a lot I never thought of that.

[zrobotics]

Bret Devreux had a very fascinating history of how iron was made posted, long read but it explains a lot of the complications and work that went into historically making iron, and many of the reasons metal was so rare & expensive. Well worth a read.

https://acoup.blog/2020/09/18/collections-iron-how-did-they-...