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  1. 10-29-2015, 12:10 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by rsso View Post
    This beauty should arrive in couple of weeks.
    Iwasaki kamisori tamahagane.

    During restoration they found out that jigane is made from British iron called Rentetsu, Namaji or Kamaji.
    Close up of the Rentetsu. The impurities in the iron showing up as dark lines.
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    The white gleam of swords, not the black ink of books, clears doubts and uncertainties and bleak outlooks.
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