Adrian S Posted November 26, 2011 Report Posted November 26, 2011 G'day to Aussie collectors, Some of you may know that for some time I have been working on research into scientific analysis of the Japanese sword. It has been an on again off again project of mine for the last 20 years. Recently some advancements in non-destructive testing has inspired me to continue this work. Anyway..., this is a call out to Australian collectors for sword blade remnants I can use as reference and calibration samples. i'm looking to gather a dozen or so 10cm pieces , hopefully from different swords from different periods. It dosn't matter if they are gimei, have hagiri, nioigiri or whatever as long as they are swords made from tamehagane. These sword pieces will be partially polished and the ends prepared, polished and etched to show the structure. I want to send these samples for XRF lab testing which will eventually give me calibration samples for a Hand Held XRF spectrometer. (please refer to the Digital shinsa thread ). Please contact me by email info@sydneytokenkai.com if you have an old fatally flawd sword to donate to the cause. I'm asking Australian collectors to donate as the postage will be a lot cheaper within Australia. Anyone overseas who is willing, of coarse I will accept your donations too. thanks in advance, Quote
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