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Shibata Ka and Kamura tetsu

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All - 

I am looking into Shibata Ka and there is a signature that mentions the use of "Kamura tetsu" 嘉村鉄 - I've done some looking around and have found no mention of this - have you per chance encountered it? Do we know the source?

 

Am I even reading this right?

Any help appreciated,

 

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Once again Markus comes thru...

 

Yes, I have encountered this term. It is the steel that was introduced by Kamura Heihachi (嘉村平八, 1890–1967), who was a metallurgist and the president of the Kyushu Institute of Technology. It was supposed to have a very high degree of purity and several swordsmiths experimented with it, for example Gassan Sadakatsu. 
 
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