Japanese Swordsmith Matsuda Tsuguyasa Part 2

Matsuda Tsuguyasu, one of Japan's foremost swordsmiths today, explains about the swordmaking process and the usage of the power hammer in modern swordmaking. If you are interested in purchasing a Japanese sword from Matsuda san or any other current Japanese swordsmiths, please contact us through www.thejapanesesword.com

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• 日本刀
• 刀
• Japan
• Swordsmith
• Katana
• tameshigiri
• nihonto
• making

[ConfusedSponge]

no cc for this part?

[neogtrmn]

I'm fairly sure that the government only regulates the number of shinsakuto that can be made per month and what materials can go into the actual blade. As far as the forging process goes, I don't think the government has a problem with the power hammer as it reduces the costs to the swordsmith and gives him more control.

[Wildtrexkid]

@attackoftherandom its a polishing stone powder, makes the blade shin and helps protect from rust and other such things. you have to use that every 2 months or so as well as oil the blade(specific oils)

[sniperinahole]

@attackoftherandom it is called flux it is to protect the metal from the air so it dose not oxidize allowing you to weld the steel together

[attackoftherandom]

what the powder for?

[ssj4gotenks00]

@ThatNateGuy lol it takes more than hours. sometimes it takes months. from start to finish a real sword smith will take sometimes more than 8 months to finish 1 sword but on average it takes about 5 to 6 to finish.

[Dannybroadsword1]

@DarkThug13 the government regulates what can be used. the actual makeup of the possible metals is at the discretion of the smith. the tamahagane must be approved, but the smith decides which pieces to use.

[aznguy11111]

I WANT THAT HAMMER LOL

[davisironworks]

Okay, I just want to point out that the power hammer in use in this video is just about 130 years old and representative of the machinery in use just after the Meiji Restoration period.

Just like a LOT of the Little Giant hammers in use by American smiths date from 1895 - 1930.

Katana were forged for many centuries and the equipment used changed over time.

[christopheye]

@kimura2Loc I guess that's true to a point. But if nobody ever tried to better something and try new techniques the katana probably wouldn't exist. All old traditions were cutting edge and progressive at some point

[dithbmine1]

Wonderful

[itsumonihon]

@DarkThug13 the government decides what is tamahagane acceptable for use in a sword, the smith determines what he wants to do with the tamahagane, there are a million possibilities to create steel from tamahagane depending on the way it's forged.