Adrian S Posted November 20, 2011 Report Posted November 20, 2011 G'day all, I'm researching different steels used in nihonto during the shinto and shinshinto periods. I've come across a source that quotes Masahides's book "Kenko Hiden Shi" and states that along with Namban tetsu comming from India and Holland tetsu comming from the Dutch that "Russian tetsu" was also being used. I have never heard of Russina steel in nihonto. Can anybody else colaborate the use of Russian steel?? As far as Holland tetsu goes, I have heard some opinions that it was in fact "English Shear steel" but can find no reference to the fact. Has anybody seen this in print as well? cheers, Quote
Ray Singer Posted November 21, 2011 Report Posted November 21, 2011 http://www.ksky.ne.jp/~sumie99/sword20.html Quote
Adrian S Posted November 22, 2011 Author Report Posted November 22, 2011 g'day Raymond, Thanks, looks like this is where the information came from. Great looking sword too. cheers, Quote
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