Master descends to earth

Chapter 113 Knife can die too!
Emi Yagyu nodded and introduced: "The Honami family is a family that has been appraising, grinding, and cleaning swords for generations. It has been passed down from generation to generation. It originated from the Suga family, and the family crest is Hoshimei."

"It is said that the ancestors also inherited the work of sword art in the early years, but after that, the field of artistic creation gradually increased. He was once known as the first calligrapher of the three strokes of Kanei. In addition, he also dabbled in pottery, lacquer art, publishing, and tea ceremony. He is a versatile man. artist."

"All the famous knives of our Yagyu family are polished and cared for by them. They spend at least tens of millions every year. I have visited many times, hoping to learn the overall grinding skills. The result..."

Shaking his head after speaking, Su Yuan looked at the little girl's expression full of regret, and said with a smile: "If you met me earlier, what's the point of such a trivial matter?"

After speaking, he picked up the whetstone, and said seriously: "Isn't it just grinding as a whole, just watch!"

Emi Yagyu's expression was shocked, and she stared at Su Yuan in disbelief, only to see him pick up a piece of Iyo stone produced in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, and start the first job, going to the ground to study.

Generally referred to as barren stones, about 400 mesh, relatively hard texture, good cutting ability, can remove all kinds of hard rust on the surface and carry out large shaping of the tool.

After Su Yuan quickly cleaned the surface with the barren stone, he replaced it with the prepared water stone.Produced in the Amakusa area of ​​Kumamoto Prefecture, the mesh size is still about 400 mesh, but the hardness is not very high. It can clean up the traces left by the previous barange well, and at the same time, the shape of the knife and large flaws are finally trimmed.

The corrected whetstone produced in Yamagata Prefecture, 600 mesh, has a relatively hard texture. Grinding the knife blank to produce the initial blade and pick, and the prototype of the personal style of the knife began to appear.

Megumi Yagyu stared intently at every move, and realized with her heart that once the knife is developed, it means that the grinding process of the big movement will end. After that, more detailed grinding will be carried out, basically entering the field of artistic creation.

Su Yuan washed the knife base again and selected two sharpening stones, the middle one was in the middle position, about 800-1200 mesh, and the fine one was in the middle position, with a thickness of 1500-2000 mesh.

The texture of the two types of sharpening stones is relatively hard, and their function is to separate the texture and blade of the knife more clearly, but the effects are different, and they need to be used separately depending on the object and the effect required.

The reason why natural whetstones are several times more expensive than artificial ones is that the difference lies in softness and fineness. Even if the mesh size is the same, because natural whetstones contain some special chemical components, the color of the knife will change slightly, making it more beautiful.

"Began to draw the blade and draw the ground!"

Yagyu Huimei couldn't help blurting out that the most critical moment is coming, and the land and blade writing on the knife need to be drawn out with special techniques.Su Yuan picked up a piece of Naitan stone, which is as high as 4000-6000 mesh, produced in Mount Daihira, Kyoto.

The changes in blade text and ground muscles are fully reflected.This is a very important step, which embodies the skill of grinding.

During the whole process, Su Yuan concentrated his attention on the details of grinding. Although there are sharp edges, but the ancient grinding method can be passed down for thousands of years, there must be something extraordinary. Wouldn't the combination of strong and powerful be better?
Clean the knife blank again, check it again and explain: "Complete the first step, the next step is Shishangken, which can be regarded as the process of the grinder's understanding and re-creation of the knife itself, which has a strong artistic creation and aesthetic judgment. "

While working, he explained: "First use Diyan to do further processing on the knife, so as to better reflect and enrich the ground muscles, such as small changes such as sticking."

"For the blade that will be used next, you need to use another kind of whetstone before using it. The green whetstone is carefully ground into the desired shape before you use it..."

"Both the ground and blades must be ground into very small slices, press them gently with the pads of your fingers, and then grind them little by little according to the direction of the ground and blades on the knife, and feel it with your heart..."

After completing the second step, Su Yuan stood up and began to prepare the secret recipe. Emi Yagyu became even more excited and introduced to Xu Kui: "The grinder will make a paste from the powder and liquid in a certain proportion, and then use Yoshino paper to touch the ground muscle. Processing. After this process, the changes on the ground will become clearer and more powerful, and the color will be more beautiful, this is the legendary wipe!"

Su Yuan smiled and said nothing, the formulas of different grinders are very different, the materials used by Ben Ami include horn powder, some iron powder, clove oil, and powder and oil of other materials.

Different works, the formula used by the same grinder is different, and the effect after processing is also different.The recipe is the grinder's best secret.

"In my opinion, the first three steps are not difficult, but the most interesting one is Totori!"

Su Yuan picked up Nei Tanto again, and analyzed: "The key to this step is not the technique, but the grinder's knowledge of the knife-making genre, the knife maker, the knife itself, and his personal aesthetic ability."

"According to the understanding, strengthen, weaken, add and delete some strokes, so that this knife will eventually become a perfect work. The whole process is like creating an ink painting, with a very large room for creation."

"I remember that your family has a short knife made in the second year of Yuangui. The first grinder of the knife, although the ground muscle is very strong, but the blade is obviously a failure. The blade is very rigid, almost without any Change, Bo and Xi are not represented."

"But the most serious thing is that he changed the original blade pattern of the sword. There was also a sword pattern on the side of the sword. This burning method is called pillar burning, which is a relatively rare burning method among ancient swords. However, he was completely unaware of this problem. Not only did he not take the sword Come out and make it into the ground muscle."

Su Yuan put down the whetstone, and said disdainfully, "It's a violent act!"

"Knives also have a lifespan. Every time they are sharpened, they will get older, because the blade will become thinner and less, and it will be scrapped after grinding to a certain extent."

"So the knife will die!"

Xu Kui and Liu Shenghuimei looked dignified. They are all masters. To this extent, eyes and hand feel are not enough. An excellent grinder must also use all other senses to distinguish the cause of friction between the whetstone and the knife. Grind difference.

With hearing, vision and touch, you can judge the current grinding progress, so that you can decide what to do next and how to do it.

Su Yuan put down the grinding stone and opened the tool box, which contained steel tools of various shapes.Start the fifth stage of rod grinding, and perform a similar mirror polishing treatment on the pickaxe ground and pillars.

The samurai sword is exquisite in aesthetics, and the sword is divided into three colors, that is, the pick, ground, and blade of the sword are processed into three distinct areas.After the blade is finished, a directional mirror-like effect is made in a specific direction according to different parts.

The final step is makeup research.The cut stems and the mesh on the stem will be processed, and finally each grinder's unique research mark will be made at the junction of the blade and the stem.

Once this process is completed, it means that the grinder thinks that the work has been completed and has left his own unique signature on the work.

Flowing water pattern, Yuan font!
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