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Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive:
Well, I've so far had good luck with my two bowls.... if you had been following my last post with questions.  here is what I came up with. They made it through the firing.  There are some light cracks in them, but they hold water without any seeps.  I very slowly heated them around a fire and progressively moved them closer. I finally slid them right onto the coals and slowly build the fire up around them. The fire burned right on top of them for roughly 1 1/2 hours  maybe a little more..and sat in the coals all night until cooled naturally.   As said they hold water great. They had a bit of a ring to them fresh out of the pit, but the ring deadened a bit when I "seasoned" them with some veg oil....     My biggest fear is that they are not heated all the way through. Since I've not done it before, I don't know what to expect.    so what is the final test???  boiling water in them?  is it a slow heated boil, or do i need to rock boil in them?   they should be ok to slowly fire boil right?    I just don't want to make any more moves on them until I know what to do and what not to do.

Pappy:
Don't know the answer to the question but will say they look great to me. Nice job. :)
   Pappy

Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive:
thanks pappy

Primalartz:
Those are beautiful. Looks just like some of the artifacts I've seen as a archeologist well done!!!

richardzane:
yep! they look good!...should be fine.
the way to test them is to put some water in them and put em straight on a bed of coals...it won't take long till waters boiling.
for large pots its the same way, but just make sure the pots are FULL of liquid
when pots contents dry out over a fire is when they are more apt to crack--uneven heat

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