[TheForge] Fw: [SCA-AS] The Master: Masamune - Swordsmith

[Phlip]

If anyone is interested... Master Magnus is an SCA friend of mine who does
some wonderful research and can give references to durned near anything that
can be made by the hand of man. Very good person to know, and listen to, if
you like making stuff ;-)


Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> Monday nite on the History International Channel will be running
> a series called The Master at 9pm eastern standard time. This one
> focuses on the best makers of samurai blades. I've seen it before
> and these shows are excellent. Another good one was on a master
> - Emrys - armor maker of the modern period and comparisons were
> made to the best armor maker of Maximillian's day - Seusenhoffer.
> This particular modern maker uses a steel that can be tempered
> and the results are demonstrated.  So these programs are well
> worth watching out for. The third Master program I have seen so
> far had to do with an Argentinian officer saving the horses of
> the Conquistadors as a breed.
>
> The prime time hours usually repeat starting at midnight.
> So this one would probably repeat at 1 am. Check your local
> listings.
>
> Sunday nights they have been running Weapons that made Britain,
> and they are excellent for techniques and results. I've seen five
> of them [may be the whole series] and I hope there are more of
> them. Sword, bow, spear, shield, etc. So far there have been a
> lot of repeated programs on the HI channel. In the mornings they
> run history programs in Spanish and French. Daytime programs may
> repeat two or three times. So far I don't think they have lined
> up a lot of programming but often what they have on the weekends
> at least is often quite good. Sunday night is the best.
>
> Magnus

Saint Phlip,
CoD

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....



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