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Japan is not famous for its natural resources of metal, especially prior to the 19th century, so maybe that makes sense too.
by M_Grey 10y ago
Japan is not famous for its natural resources of metal, especially prior to the 19th century, so maybe that makes sense too.
- txutxu 10y agoKatanas did come to my mind when reading your comment, but I find this more contradictory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Japanese_iron-working_techniques https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Japanese_iron-working_te...
- M_Grey 10y agoWell, that amazing technology was the result of only having iron sands to work with, "Tamahagane". Lots of impurities you have to work out, hence the hammering and folding as well.