Visit our new shop » seki http://www.sharpblades.net Wholesale knives and swords Sun, 15 Aug 2010 17:24:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Japanese sword making ceremony (part 1 of 3)　刀　関 http://www.sharpblades.net/japanese-sword-making-ceremony-part-1-of-3%e3%80%80%e5%88%80%e3%80%80%e9%96%a2 http://www.sharpblades.net/japanese-sword-making-ceremony-part-1-of-3%e3%80%80%e5%88%80%e3%80%80%e9%96%a2#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:45:09 +0000 admin http://www.sharpblades.net/japanese-sword-making-ceremony-part-1-of-3%e3%80%80%e5%88%80%e3%80%80%e9%96%a2

On 2nd Jan ’07 I was lucky to have witnessed this. A must see. It took place in Seki, Japan. In the ceremony they use a Japanese steel called ‘tamahagane’, that is used to make samurai swords. This is heated up to 1200 degrees, and the sword makers take it in turns to beat it with sledgehammers.

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