Quite interesting, but HAD to mute the terrible music

I love what he's doing and how he's doing it. However, modern steel production with vacuum degassing will top this anytime. Interestingly, the Japanese are particularly good at that as well...at least until recently when power generation became a major issue.

How to ruin a perfectly interesting video with horrible music. Luckily the mute button exists.

>> ^zor:

I love what he's doing and how he's doing it. However, modern steel production with vacuum degassing will top this anytime. Interestingly, the Japanese are particularly good at that as well...at least until recently when power generation became a major issue.


With the Japanese being a people of tradition, I don't doubt the value here is in the traditional forging of the sword. I was waiting until I saw the price, thinking "I'd love to have a traditional Japanese-forged katana!", but alas....

Damn that music is annoying. It covers up the most beautiful little *ting* sound I've ever heard. It's a nice dichotomy that such a beautiful and delicate sound is made by forging a piece of metal on a large anvil by big ass hammers. =)