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submitted 1 year ago by DD666@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml

In stark contrast to Europe, which enjoyed an abundance of high-quality iron, Japan's geographical limitations meant that the availability of good iron ore was scarce. Japanese bladesmiths had to work with whatever they could find, which was often of inferior quality. Despite these challenges, the Japanese developed a process to create their own steel, known as tamahagane or jewel steel.

Tamahagane was produced through a labor-intensive method that involved smelting iron sand and charcoal in traditional clay furnaces called tatara. This process required an intricate...... read more (there are more weird articles)

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[-] Gork@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago
[-] AhismaMiasma@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

This is just an ad for their website... People always trying to profit off of memes

[-] Eddyzh@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

So like pizza essentially.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Imagine using the techniques they came up with but with actually good ore.

[-] DD666@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

There wouldn't be much of a difference as impurities would already be quite low

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 1 year ago

Don't they also have some special technique for folding the metal? 🤔

this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2023
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