Gassan Sadatoshi I

[Stephen]

im sure some have seen this, for are new members.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlSKEHwm ... re=related

 

and part two

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swNIC0ZuJ44

[Guido]

Nice try, Stephen, but the powers that rule in the worker's paradise I'm living at now blocked yet again youtube for the last couple of weeks due to some unfavorable video clips regarding Tibet. I liked your former tag line about freedom much better, no happy trails here ... :x

 

I'm not trying to start a heated discussion on politics or freedom of speech, just venting my frustrations. People have no real understanding of what it means to voice any opinion whenever you feel like it until that basic right is withheld from you. Sometimes it really sucks living here.

[Ford Hallam]

So I shouldn't use a little Tibetan flag I have in my studio to wrap your habaki then

[Guido]

So I shouldn't use a little Tibetan flag I have in my studio to wrap your habaki then

Absolutely, I always wanted to become a persona non grata ...

[Clive Sinclaire]

Guido old boy

I was tempted to saying something about your persona non-grata staus, but another time maybe. I hope your lovely wife is OK.

Clive

[Brian]

Guido,

So what you are saying is that your status there probably has your emails monitored..which leads them here. And since we support Japan, I am sure we are now all on some sinister watch list in China

There are other video sites out there. Break.com? Fileshare etc etc.

If you want to check a few of them and find one that is reliable and fast, I am sure we can get someone with fast bandwidth to upload any videos there that are of interest.

 

Heck...you think your country has a problem with Tibet? It is SA that recently refused the Dalai Lama a visa to visit here for the peace conference. You should see what a stink that has caused. Seems China pulls our strings here too. Govt is sticking to their guns too.

 

Brian

[Guido]

I hope your lovely wife is OK.

Sure, we're still happily married and share everything - sharing our live means I'm married, and she's happy.

[Guido]

... and finally an overdue apology to Stephen: sorry for hijacking your thread!

[Stephen]

I really don't mind, what I do mind, being were off the subject is how totalitarian the whole world is becoming, just pray I'm still young enough to fight the good fight when it becomes necessary.

 

BTW did anyone watch the making of the Gassan sword. Is the cream colored liquid a type of flux?

[Stephen]

well then i guess not.

[John A Stuart]

Hi Stephen, I think Sadatoshi san is using a borax in water solution as a flux. In the forge I attended it was in powdered form, but, that was after the billet had been already formed from the tamagahane in pieces after forging the sponge form. John

[Jacques D.]

Hi,

 

BTW did anyone watch the making of the Gassan sword. Is the cream colored liquid a type of flux?

 

It is just a clay slurry applied to prevent overheating and oxidation.

[Stephen]

Thank you sirs.

[John A Stuart]

'to prevent overheating'? The metal has to reach high enough temperatures to forge weld the pieces. White hot. Why would there be a need to prevent overheating at this stage? John