Things Japanese; Being Notes On Various Subjects Connected With Japan, for the Use of Travelers And Others
Things Japanese; Being Notes On Various Subjects Connected With Japan, for the Use of Travelers And Others
Chamberlain Basil Hall
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Japanese swords are made of soft, elastic, magnetic iron combined with hard steel. " Tlie tempering of the edge,** says Bein, ** is carefully done in the charcoal furnace, the softer backs and the sides being surrounded up to a certain point with fire-clay, so that only the edge remains outside. The cooling takes place in cold water. It is in this way that the steeled edge may be distinguished clearly from the back, by its colour and lustre. The backs of knives, axes, and other weapons are unit...ed to the steel edge either by welding on one side, or by fitting the edge into a fluted groove of the back blade, and welding on both sides.'* SookB roooinmenclecl. For a matter-of-fact description, Be» Rein's Indu$tirie$ of Japan^ p. 43(). For historical ftud literary details, see McClatcbie's The Sword ofjajntn, in Vol. 11, of the Aniatic Tranfociions. — There is a novel by L. Wertheimlx-T, founded on the importance attached to the svpord in feudal Japan, and entitled A Muramata Blade. Taste.
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