Question about hada

[mike yeon]

I recall reading somewhere that during shinshinto/meiji period, certain smiths/schools added metal such as nickel to the blade during the forging process that created a very conspicuous/contrasting hada.

 

Anyone else know/heard about this and have more information they can share?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

mike

[denkav]

Hello Mike. I've heard this too. I think during the Shin Shinto times the smiths were inclined to experiment in a effort to regain the lost secrets of Koto Blade forging techniques. Here is a link with some interesting info http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/information.html

dkl

 

Edit (Brian) - fixed the link. Just needed html instead of htm

[denkav]

I'm back again. Well the link doesn't seem to work as intended, sorry.

I was trying to direct you to the Kashima sister's site "Usagiya". Follow the Info links, it is very informative. dk.