Book recommendation: Samurai swords for the material battle

[BIG]

Gendaito of the Taisho- and early Showa period..

esp. Shodai Minamoto Yoshichika and Nidai Minamoto Yoshichika and the art swords they made. 

 

https://www.hugendubel.de/de/buch_kartoniert/otto_maxein-samurai_swords_for_the_material_battle-40722416-produkt-details.html

 

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[Bazza]

Peter,

 

Thanks for this, very interesting indeed.  The review is in English - what language is the book in??

 

BaZZa.

[BIG]

The book I recomment here is the english version, there is a german version same price and a german hardcover version. Read it in two days. Interesting author and interesting book.

There is no ebook and I do not know shipping money, but READ it Barry.

 

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[Bazza]

Thanks for your reply Peter.

 

Barry T.

[PNSSHOGUN]

If anyone figures out how to ship to Australia let me know!

[Bazza]

Me too!!

 

BaZZa..

[BIG]

Try amazon Australia..??

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[BIG]

Found some pages on google..

 

https://books.google.de/books?id=KTosEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA27&hl=de&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false

 

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[BIG]

Good news, mailed with Mr. Maxein and he asked his publishing company about shipping and costs. When I get info will surely post it here.

 

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[PNSSHOGUN]

Thanks Peter!

[BIG]

Kindle ebook out now... 5,99 €https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Otto-Maxein-ebook/dp/B0963Q1F9Q/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Samurai+swords+for+the+material+battle&qid=1622387965&s=digital-text&sr=1-1

 

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[Bruce Pennington]

The UK Amazon link wouldn't let me buy, but this one works for the USA:

https://www.amazon.com/Samurai-Swords-Material-Battle-Gendaito-ebook/dp/B0963Q1F9Q/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=samurai+sword+for+the+material+battle+ebook&qid=1622390213&sr=8-1

 

Just ordered it, thanks Peter!

[Bruce Pennington]

Wow.  An Excerpt:

"The 154-day successful siege of Port Arthur is considered the greatest military achievement of General Nogi Maresuke, who committed seppuku in 1912 after the death of Emperor Meiji in the tradition of the samurai to serve his master even in the other world."

Maxein, Otto. Samurai Swords for the Material Battle . Books on Demand. Kindle Edition.

 

I did not know this was done even in times of success.

[BIG]

Ebook Info PDF.pdf

[Bruce Pennington]

Been enjoying the book, thanks again @BIG.

 

Fascinating discussion:

"To smelt 10 tons of iron sand to approx. 2.5 tons of tamahagane, 12 tons of charcoal are needed.82 For the production of charcoal whole forests are cleared, which dramatically changes the landscape. Accordingly, Shichiro's report says: “Almost all the trees in the mountainous region have been felled except those belonging to the Tabe family, and it has become very difficult for the Torigami Branch Factory of Yasukuni Steel Production Company to obtain charcoal. However, the Tabe family has no problem supplying charcoal because they have vast lands and forests in the mountains. In the same way, iron sand can be extracted from their land.”83

Maxein, Otto. Samurai Swords for the Material Battle . Books on Demand. Kindle Edition.

 

This came from a 1933 survey of available tamahagane, of which there was none to be found at the time.

[Gilles]

Ordered the book on Amazon. I chose the english version. Got the book, the cover is in english the rest in german

[BIG]

Hi Gilles „ evil catch 22“.. 

mailed Mr. Maxein..

 

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[BIG]

Mr. Maxein got a book with german cover and english text. So he reported to BoD and asked for a proper and fast complaints handling.

 

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PS keep us updated, Gilles