Sweat beaded on his face, the clang of steel against steel ringing in his ears. The hammer came down again and again, folding the hocho-tetsu to free it from impurities. The nabe-gane is heated, and quenched, broken and purified. Then the metals are combined: tamahagane, hocho-tetsu, and nabe-gane layered and folded together to form the … Continue reading [Tertius] Forging →