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Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini

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  1. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    Guess youll'like this Gamma Radiography (Sr 92 source, the result of the radiograph has been adjusted in saturation to obtain the picture hereunder.)
  2. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    Magenta (Akamurasaki)​. BTW the color takes its international name from my city.
  3. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    Alcohol the closest to 100° you can get.
  4. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    I still use oil that Paul Martin provided me years ago, made by a Mukansa and honestly I have no experience with modern oils. I try to replace oil very very rarely even limiting the time I spend with my blades. You're right in saying that oil leave no space to oxigen however in the period (till to one year) after a professional polish might occur what happened to you due to small pinholes that maintain H2O from the Togi process. The blade "breathe" hence the need to oil frequently a freshly polished blade.
  5. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    Small spots of superficial rust could be removed using improvised tools of ivory or bone AND A LOT OF PRUDENCE. However if there is a ware we don't really know if the rust is working under the skin, not knowing if and how the ware develop in depth. Freshly polished blade are very fragile under this point of view and should be oiled very frequently.
  6. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    Nope, the curvature is wrong in this blade in front of a Rurouni Kenshin sakabato. Might be they mean she "has a reversed cutting edge" for gardening.
  7. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    might be a legit Meiji tool for Ikebana
  8. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    Nope, no blasphemy in my opinion. We are at least two with the same feeling.
  9. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    Thanks Markus for your intervention.
  10. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    Good reading. Thanks Ian for your efforts.
  11. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    Now that you've mentioned Knutsen I remember it and checked . You are right :-)
  12. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    Hi all. Sorry if this is a dumb question but I'm curious and would like to have info on the two items on the right signaled by an arrow. they are out of my usual comfort zone. Thanks in advance.
  13. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    Ask your Sensei. It is mandatory.
  14. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    No shirasaya done ? Hope the original saya is in super good conditions.
  15. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    Your first step is very savvy! Welcome...
  16. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    Out there there are infinite chances to learn the hard way. Good luck.
  17. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    Benvenuto Gianluca !
  18. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    Dunnow but the writing "hand Painted" is for sure...
  19. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    Fun.
  20. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    Any news about the blade's yokote ? Must be on holyday...
  21. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    The color of the Nakago, and looks very healty... To me looks like a young beautiful woman in the attempt to appear much older... Shinshinto Gassan school. ? Beautiful.
  22. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    Indeed. Guess he'll honestly reply to any question about eventual restoration.
  23. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    Chris, as per the diffusion of the different types of furnace see pages 24 to 27 of my essay (link below) and follow the bibliography for more info.
  24. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    Yes, I remember now that you mention them. Me and Mr Coutinho exchanged mails about the Japanese part and about wootz. He wrote many other useful articles for the JSSUS just around the time I wrote mine. Guess if he still remember me and if it's around here on the board.
  25. Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini
    Thanks Jussi. Maybe it's around in the board or the net. I'll make a try to find it.
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