Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

@Efi was my mistake

I just hate accidentally telling people wrong information because I apparently come across as someone who knows stuff and they might have taken it as fact when I'm completely wrong and was going off stuff I only half remember

@Efi that must be what I was thinking of, the charcoal not the ash

It's a Monday, I should expect brainfarts like that and actually double check what my addled mind is telling me

@Efi oh really? I thought there was far more pure carbon in there

My metallurgy knowledge is obviously lacking somewhat

@Efi if you're mixing iron with ash from anything carbon based (trees/animals/people) then that's steel right there

@Efi hang on, iron mixed with ash and magic? "hexensteel" might work as a common name for it

@Efi that sounds like some sort of substance that's really good at destroying iron

So if it's a sword made of the stuff and it causes iron and steel to bubble away on contact that'd be perfect

@Efi oh yeah, grammatically it works, I was just talking about how it's used to refer to iron alloys

@Efi ferro's usually a prefix as these things are usually primarily iron with "stuff" added in, so "wrought ferrocinero" might be more accurate

Still, that's how it works with normal stuff, if it's magic you can call it whatever you like

@Efi actually if the ash is primarily carbon type stuff it would be considered a type of steel

@Efi for intentionally mixed you'd call it an alloy

Maybe the name for the magic ash with the "ferro" prefix if you want a latin-y feel?

@Efi "worked"

For that type of iron you work it into whatever you're making while it's still hot enough to get the molten slag out