skulleater Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 howdy folks, i'm new here. i just took a bladesmithing class that mentioned that there is a large hole in understanding of blacksmithing & bladesmithing in asian cultures... in researching traditional kukri fabrication, i found the following which i think many people here may enjoy. it doesn't go into bladesmithing much, but covers culture and technology of the Nepalese/Indian blacksmiths. http://www.thlib.org/static/reprints/kailash/kailash_04_04_04.pdf enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beth Posted May 14, 2013 Share Posted May 14, 2013 skulleater that is really fascinating - i have only read about half the smithy stuff ( the rest very interesting too) and i have to go out now - lots of little oddnesses to the way the people are working - have seen similar things in india years ago, the simplification in regards to tools and workshop "furniture" is a real eye opener. strange how the writer is seeing lots of this s problematic, due to apparent time wasting he is witnessing, but maybe they just see it/live it all so differently, its not even comparable to our practises. i love this kind of thing Thankyou! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhyfelwr Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Thats really interesting. I like the simpleness of it. That PDF now resides in my archive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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