17 March 2020
Cutting Edge - The Metallurgy of the Japanese Sword
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SCI's London Group in collaboration with The Welding Institute
London, UK
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Synopsis
Characterized by its curved, single-edged blade, the Japanese sword is one of the world’s most iconic and widely-recognised blades. Due to its highly-regarded status in Japanese society as a whole, the art of forging a sword was one of the most perfected arts in Japan, with many swords being family heirlooms as well as weapons on the battlefield.
Japanese sword blades are a composite of varying carbon content steels forge welded together and selectively quenched. The sword is then polished in such a way as to reveal the metallurgical structures, making the sword both a weapon and a work of art.
The talk will briefly cover the types, fittings and assembly of the sword before looking at the production of the steel, the forge welding of a blade, the heat treatment that the blade receives on completion and the metallurgical processes involved.
Programme
18:00 Tea and coffee
18:30 Technical Presentation
20:00 Buffet
A cash bar is available.Venue and Contact
35 Craven Terrace
Bayswater
London
W2 3EL
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