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Sword making - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sword making , historically, has been the work of specialized smiths or metalworkers called bladesmiths or swordsmiths. Modern armorers and swordsmiths still ply their trade although to a more limite...
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The making of the sword ... The steel for a Japanese sword is produced from the black, sand-like iron oxide (Fe2O3) called satetsu. To make steel out of satetsu, the oxygen has to be removed, and carbon introduced into the iron. This process is called smelting.
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The hardening of the edge is in many ways the most important, and the most difficult, aspect of the sword-making process. It is the hardening of the edge that gives the blade its ability to take and retain amazing sharpness.
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Sword Making Instructions page of Doug the Swordman's personal web site ... Now, to begin the sword making, ... Sword Making, Gen X...
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This seems to be particularly true with the Japanese sword. In the early 1950s, with the release of the movie Bad Day at Black Rock, in which one-armed Spencer Tracy uses karate/judo to tear up villain Ernest Borgnine, the U.S. went on a kick glorifying the Oriental martial arts.
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