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ThePepperSkull · 1st August 2012, 09:39 PM

Reading backlogs of threads here had gotten me really interested in metal work and the complexities therein. It began with reading about Suasa, then looking at Battara's wonderful restoration work, then onto reading about different cultures and their metalworking traditions until I stumbled upon this.

The metalwork in this short documentary is just amazing. mixing metals, inlaying metals, mixing more metals for further inlay, chisel chisel chisel, gold gilding. wow. Blown away.

Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGMj7o6AwnM

Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM0VnL30rDc

This definitely makes me apprecite the work put into the fittings in addition to the blades of the pieces I find myself taking care of.

1st August 2012, 09:39 PM	#1
ThePepperSkull Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 338	In Search of Katsuhira's Tiger -- An Utsushi Tsuba Reading backlogs of threads here had gotten me really interested in metal work and the complexities therein. It began with reading about Suasa, then looking at Battara's wonderful restoration work, then onto reading about different cultures and their metalworking traditions until I stumbled upon this. The metalwork in this short documentary is just amazing. mixing metals, inlaying metals, mixing more metals for further inlay, chisel chisel chisel, gold gilding. wow. Blown away. Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGMj7o6AwnM Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM0VnL30rDc This definitely makes me apprecite the work put into the fittings in addition to the blades of the pieces I find myself taking care of.