e small. bits of steel together and keeps them JAPANESE SWORDMAKING.—II. in position. BY G. H. TILDEN. In no country of the world, perhaps, has the sword This is seized with the tongs, heated up to a very played so great a part in the history of the people or high degree of temperature, removed… … shape of a sword blade. This is a process mono representing Kaneyama-hiko-no-kami, Putting an Edge on the Sword. the patron god of swordmakers, and another requiring great manual dexterity acquired bearing in Chinese characters the name of Amaterasu- The slab of steel is then rendered brittle and…
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