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ミニ燭台
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02 — Why it is not a souvenir
Why cold iron
feels warm.
Almost every iron object sold today is pressed or machined. Everything here is the opposite of that, on purpose — and the workshop says so in three exact ways.
i
Forged over charcoal
Hard iron is heated red until it softens, then beaten into shape with a hammer. Struck by hand, one piece at a time — so a soft trace of the hammer stays in the surface, and no two pieces are the same.
木炭による鍛造
ii
Never welded
Parts are joined the old way, by riveting — kashime-dome — instead of taking the easy route of a weld. It is slower, and it is the reason the joints look like part of the object rather than a repair.
溶接に頼らない“かしめ留め”
iii
A swordsmith's hand
The workshop carries the signature Hiromitsu, and works are made with the techniques of Japanese sword forging. The head of the family qualified as a swordsmith in 1973 and was first selected for the national new-sword exhibition in 1978.
日本刀鍛錬の技法を今にいかす
0Forging since the Tempō era
0Generations in one family
0Welded joints
