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Originally Posted by frahse
L.E. Modesitt in his Recluse series of about a dozen books, has several where iron working by the protagonist in that time frame you spoke of is very detailed. Gives a good feel for it. You probably don't want to put the "magic feel" into your work, but everything else is there and feels very authentic.
Modesitt likes to delve into handcrafts in his books, but not in every book. Ironwork, woodwork, printing, and the like.
The other thing I would mention is "charcoal." Learn about charcoal. It was very important in that field along with the forced ventilation.
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I will definitely check out the series. as for charcoal, the reason it was omitted was because they are a bit of a rarity blacksmith.. Their village is in the middle of a forest.. Would it be possible to have a wooden forge? Coals referred to just coals instead of charcoals which I'm not sure they would have great access to except from maybe traders.