Master descends to earth

Chapter 111 Peony Ying

"As long as the master can help, no matter what the conditions are, the Yagyu family will be satisfied." Zuoemon was full of relief. He didn't expect that Yagyu Emi's willfulness would turn the family into a turnaround!
There was more than half a month of preparation time, Su Yuan stayed directly, and he still had three gold meteorite mines in his hand, which happened to come in handy.This time not only related to the prestige of the Yagyu family, but also had special meaning to me.

big sword to,
Cut off the heads of the devils!

It's a rare opportunity to let the little devils kill each other, using the weapons made by my brother!

Su Yuan and Xu Kui were full of motivation and immediately started to forge the first samurai sword.

First, finish researching all the Taidaos in the collection of Yagyu's family, absorb experience, and there are hundreds of masterpieces.Although Xinyinliu declined, the Yagyu family was rich and powerful, and their collections were top-notch.

"Master, all the raw materials are in place, and we can start anytime." Emi Yagyu heard that she was going to help the family make samurai swords. She was so excited that she stayed up all night. She worked hard for so long to contribute to the rise of the family today as a girl.

After Su Yuan inspected all the raw materials, all of them are top quality made with money, especially whetstone, which can be called luxury, top quality worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Last night, the yellow mud and cold spring water were airlifted directly from Longquan, and even a large truck of pine charcoal was brought in. Everything is ready and we will start right away.

The so-called Taidao is a weapon that appeared in the Kamakura Shogunate era. It is 3 feet 9 inches long and is often used in conjunction with a small Taidao. On the battlefield, there are two large and small swords.

The Ribcha is a short knife hung on the waist, mainly used to break armor, if it is sharp enough, it can be used to deal with warriors wearing heavy armor, and it will kill with one blow.

In the Warring States Period in the 16th century, the metallurgical industry of the island country began to use imported ore, most of which were sold by Portugal and Spain, commonly known as Nanban iron.I always think that iron ingots come from the West, but in fact, they are Utz steel and Malay iron from India.These steels were once the raw materials for the world's fastest-edged Damascus knife.

In the early days of steelmaking, a furnace of steel had to be smelted for seven days and seven nights.The biggest feature is that different types of steel, pig iron, and wrought iron can be smelted in one furnace at the same time.

Basically, steelmaking at one time, 3400 ounces of iron ore and 3600 ounces of charcoal can produce 300 ounces of steel, 400 ounces of pig iron and 250 ounces of wrought iron.Due to the different cooling methods and furnaces, according to the size, softness and hardness, it is divided into Qinggang, Yugang, Huogang, Chikusa Steel, Deha Steel and Shuigang.

Then the steel reaches the swordsmith, and must be returned to the furnace, decarburized or carburized, and cast into bars. This is the real forging stage.

When making knives, it is necessary to heat this kind of strip-shaped steel until it is red-hot, hammer and forge it carefully, and fold it repeatedly through heating, ranging from seven or eight times to as many as [-] or [-] times. This standard has exceeded the standard of Longquan swords. Require.

Because there are too many impurities, the texture is uniform, and the unique patterns on the samurai sword will gradually appear at this time. The quality depends entirely on the experience of the craftsman.

In the Song Dynasty, there was a cold forging armor method. Without heating, the iron material could be forged to one-third of its original thickness purely by hammering, which was called a unique skill.

"To put it bluntly, the little devil's knife is just clamped steel. Why do you make such a famous knife?"

Xu Kui thought of the information he had read yesterday, and he didn't take it seriously. The steel clamping process, the popular understanding is to make the back, body and blade of the knife with different steel materials, so that it can maintain its own strength while keeping the blade sharp.

What kind of bullshit three-in-one, the steel is sandwiched between the upper and lower layers of iron; the coiled, with the iron as the core, and the outsourcing with steel.Then it is subdivided into three pieces, the iron is the back of the blade, and the steel is the edge, which is sandwiched between two layers of iron.

Sifang asked, a piece of iron material is used as the stem, the left and right sides use iron bars and steel bars as the back and edge of the blade, and iron is added to the top and bottom.Wumaihe, the basic structure is the same as that of coiled, and the latitude is to add an intermediate layer between the heartwood and steel, which sounds big.

Su Yuan laughed loudly. The national character is rigorous, pursuing perfection and extreme, but this is the true meaning of traditional craftsmanship.

"In ancient times, we used oil quenching, but here we cover earth and burn blades, which is a secret of all sects." Su Yuan explained, "Otherwise Miss Liu Sheng would not have traveled thousands of miles to Longquan to steal her master."

"It is also because of this that each genre of work has a unique pattern. A true connoisseur can judge the quality of a knife through the texture and texture, which is called blade text."

After speaking, he took out a few knives and explained: "This one has a pattern like a clove, which is the seed of a clove. The second one is called Humu, with neat wavy blade patterns."

"Different parts also have separate names. For example, the inter-eye wave shape, the bottom of the wave towards the edge is called the valley, the top of the wave towards the back of the knife is called the head, and the middle part is called the waist."

"The quality of these two is medium, that is, the level of the top ten in the list. If you look at this one again, the quicksand blade is mixed with boiling crystals and ground muscles, and many lines appear, which looks like desert quicksand."

"There is a fourth one, which has a large number of linear patterns of Martens crystals, which is very reflective. The linear patterns are curved and lightning-shaped, called Daozuma, and they are all high-quality patterns, which are no less than the level of the Dibang. .”

Finally, he picked up a knife and showed it: "Among the five, this one is the strongest. Mudanying has already reached the level of the Tianbang!"

Xu Kui took the saber, studied it for a long time but didn't see any tricks, and asked curiously, "Master, why is it called Mudanying?"

Su Yuan took back the saber again, raised his hands flat, brought it close to his mouth, took a deep breath, and blew lightly, only to see his breath fall on the blade, and intermittent white shadows appeared on the ordinary blade!

Xu Kui was taken aback, Su Yuan said with a smile: "White reflections or dark shadows appear on the surface of the ground muscle, as if shadows are cast on the surface, which is a characteristic of the top grade, known as the blade of Biqian."

"If there are dark shadows, it is called Yingying. If the edges of the reflection are chaotic like chaotic blades, this is called Ranying. If the edges of the reflection are straight, it is called stick reflection, which is often seen in works of the Muromachi period."

"If it is intermittent, it is called peony reflection, and when you blow air on the blade, a white reflection will appear, which is called white gas, which is a feature of Minoden's later works."

After hearing this, Xu Kui was full of admiration. As expected of a master, he knows everything, and even knows the tricks of little devils.

After seeing the dozens of famous knives in the collection of Liu Sheng's family, Su Yuan has long become a well-deserved master. I just said a little bit just now. After thousands of years of development, the theory of knife casting is extensive and profound. It is difficult for ordinary people to master all of them in a lifetime.

Different schools of knife work have different designs in different eras.For example, those with corner buildings are mostly ancient knives; Andong is a feature of knives produced in the root of the house.Sandong is a design commonly used by Xiangzhou handed down knife makers; Marudong Kyushu Island and northern ancient knives.

For old knives, the surface of the ground muscle may be worn away due to years of wiping and abrasion, revealing a darker core iron. Together with the original color, it will form another peculiar charm.

For example, the works of the famous swordsmith Qing Jiang will produce the effect of catfish muscle or clear muscle, and the works of masters of the Yamashiro State School will produce the effect of muscle, there are all kinds of them.

Therefore, not only swordsmiths, but also swordsmiths have a very high status in the island country, and they are the guests of the famous families.There are at least [-] or [-] types of light ground muscles, plus dozens of different blade patterns, the combination of which requires extremely high appreciation eyesight.

In the era of cold weapons in ancient times, a famous knife was a symbol of status, and there was only one way to try the knife, which was to cut people!

The best great karma can cut through [-]% to the whole human body thickness; the great karma can cut through [-]% to [-]% of the human body thickness; the good karma can cut through [-]% to [-]% of the human body thickness; as for the worst karma, it can also Cut through [-]% to [-]% of the thickness.

Wars are everywhere, and it is also the most glorious troubled time for the samurai sword. The raw test cuts the living directly, and every masterpiece that has been immortalized for generations is stained with blood and life.

For example, the so-called demon sword that kills a hundred people—Muramasa!
(End of this chapter)