BIG Posted December 2, 2018 Report Posted December 2, 2018 Thoughts...https://www.tf.uni-kiel.de/matwis/amat/iss/kap_b/advanced/tb_3_4.html Best 4 Quote
Peter Bleed Posted December 2, 2018 Report Posted December 2, 2018 WOW! Peter, How do you find this stuff?! P Quote
ROKUJURO Posted December 2, 2018 Report Posted December 2, 2018 Thank you, Peter!The author is a generally well informed professor, but many of his conclusions are based on guesses. He mixes up some important terms like 'polishing' and 'grinding' which are necessary to deal with the Japanese subject of TOGI. Folding and fire-welding of iron or steel were standard techniques in the iron-age and are still relevant for those who run bloomery furnaces or TATARA today. His use of the term 'faggoting' is probably not correct for the iron-age, but came into use in medieval times.It is a complex subject though. 6 Quote
Blazeaglory Posted December 2, 2018 Report Posted December 2, 2018 Very detailed stuff! Good to know Quote
SAS Posted December 2, 2018 Report Posted December 2, 2018 His knowledge is more theoretical than practical, and thus full of some misinformation that would take more time to unpack than i want to take. 2 Quote
Ken-Hawaii Posted December 4, 2018 Report Posted December 4, 2018 My sword mentor & I have been investigating how the molecular structure of a blade affects the jihada, & we've found quite a bit of useful info. 1 Quote
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