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For all you lovers of knives and other stabby things there is a great documentary on a family that makes samurai swords on bbc iplayer,very interesting.
Handmade in Japan, Series 1: 1. Samurai Sword: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08v8gxl via @bbciplayer
Truly Fascinating, no automation, no power tools, handling chunks of white hot metal, whilst wearing what looks like cotton pyjamas and flip flops. H+S would have had kittens.
No doubt made to order, wonder what they go for ??
wonder what they go for ??
Said up to 20k
Yeah my H&S head was in a tiz watching that
Spent a good hour afterwards reading up on swordsmithing
My great uncle had a wakisashi that he'd nicked off someone in the war, it didn't look like much but it cut like a razor even though it hadn't been sharpened since the 1940s. Wonder what happened to it, I don't remember it being in his estate when he died.
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Was good though.
Great film - 2 months just to sharpen one sword!
They sell maybe 3 in a good year
Rest of the time they make kitchen knives.....
Bet they are damn good ones though ......
Loved the film