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Bruno

try this link: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/samurai/

If I were going to Tokyo, the National Sword Museum is the one to see.

In the old days, blades were tested on bodies. Testing...

I watched the show. The fire parts were very good. The materials science stuff was directed at sixth graders but didn't have any egregious errors. The cheesy acting wasn't needed. The craftsmen...

Anyone who has an interest, I'll keep everyone's contact info and notify by email, or will post on this forum or a couple knife forums I frequent. I do some knife classes at my shop too.

The...

Hey, I'd love to have you over here. We're doing another burn Oct 5-6. One of this forum's denizens will show up hopefully and you'll get an objective report. It'll be objective until the slag run...

No, not really. The Japanese restrict the "real stuff" for sale only to the correctly registered and licenced folks who can have it in Japan. Bits and bobs, both good (few, very few) and bad (all...

First, tamahagane that's been made in Japan is supposed to stay in Japan. I have about a one ounce piece of the really good jewel steel (that's the translation from Japanese anyway) that I keep as a...