I know how to build an authentic samurai sword, using the original smelting process and all...but that's about it. Quite fascinating, though. |
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I have to write a report, and give a six minute presentation in a class of mine in my university. The professor decided to be old-fashioned and "assign" us a country to give a speech "about." Didn't give us a topic, or anything to talk about. Just a country. So, I was given Japan. I know very little about Japan, so I figured I'd do my report/speech on something I've always been interested in- the Samurai. Philosophy/Tradition/General culture. |
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If you have a sense of caring for others, you will manifest a kind of inner strength in spite of your own difficulties and problems. With this strength, your own problems will seem less significant and bothersome to you. By going beyond your own problems and taking care of others, you gain inner strength, self-confidence, courage, and a greater sense of calm.Dalai Lama
Thanks for the poem, Taosaur! |
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Okay, in the smelting bit, they build a great oven out of earth. For three straight days they feed iron sand and charcoal into it, slowly forming the steel used in swords. On the fourth day, they crack the oven open and examine the metal. If it is of good quality, it is shipped to the sword maker. |
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Brilliant! Thank you, Mario92! So out of sheer curiosity... there are some who say it is very difficult to break a Samurai sword, but that they are extremely sharp and retain their edge. How did they balance that out to make it so? Or is it even so? |
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Ah I saw your thread and figured I would come and give a helping hand but it looks like you're already taken care of. ^.^ |
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I suggest you read up on heat treating metals. After initially forging a blade, |
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I think Cyclic13 knows a bit about that, maybe you can ask him. |
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The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve. ~ Buddha
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