[Artemisia] blacksmith question

[Todd Rich]

On Fri, 26 Nov 2010, Suzanne Semich wrote:

> Greetings,
>    Sir Brian has used coke in the past but has found that trying to find a
> source and trying to find good quality was nearly impossable. He has started
> using hardwood charcoal from Walmart and has found it to work as good or
> better and it is much more consistant.
> Hope this helps.
> Lady Annabella
>
Yes, hardwood charcoal is a much better fuel source for a blacksmith.  It 
was also what was used in period as long as there was wood enough to make 
the charcoal.

             Torin