I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

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"Bought it today?"

Shimada told Asai about the origin of the knife.

According to Shimada - this Wakizashi was bought by a pawnshop by chance when he went out with Mucun to collect information today, and then bought it there.

This wakizashi was placed on the counter of the pawn shop at that time, and Shimada fell in love with this wakizawa at a glance, and the price was not very expensive. The stems are smaller.

But Shimada, after weighing it over and over again, felt that the incompatibility of the sword and the blade was just a small problem that could not conceal the merits, so he bought the wakizashi back.

Asai just happened to be in a state of having nothing to do and being in a hurry.

After learning that the Wakizashi on Shimada's waist was his new knife, Asai became very interested and asked Shimada to take out the new knife he bought, and let everyone taste it together.

Shimada, who also didn't know what to do next, readily agreed to Asai's suggestion, and handed Wakizashi to Asai.

And just as Asai took over the wakizasa from Shimada's hand, the door of the room was opened again.

The one who opened the door this time was Jiangong who had returned from Xiaojie.

Seeing Mamiya came back, Asai immediately said:

"Jamiya, it's just in time for you to come back. You have to do things like appraising knives."

"What appraiser?" Jian Gong was at a loss.

Asai and others explained to Gamiya what happened in as simple a sentence as possible.

"Oh! The new knife that Shimada bought?" Mamiya raised his eyebrows, and a faint expression of interest appeared on his face, "Then let's take a look together, just to kill some time."

After all, Mamiya sat cross-legged in front of Asai.

After Mamiya sat down on the tatami, Asai handed Shimada's wakizashi to Mamiya.

As soon as Mamiya took over Shimada's wakicha, Shimada on the side was puzzled and said:

"Huh? Senior Mamiya, do you know how to appreciate knives?"

When Mamiya was about to open his lips to say something, Mucun took the lead and said in a joking tone:

"Shimada, you just joined us last year, so you are not as familiar with all aspects of Calabash House as we are."

"After you stay in the gourd house for a long time, you will find that it is very difficult to encounter things that Gamiya does not know."

Mamiya laughed off Mu Cun's joke.

After receiving the wakizasa from Asai's hand, Mamiya did not pull out the sword in a hurry, but placed the sword on the tatami in front of his knees, and then pulled out a handkerchief from his bosom.

"Is there anyone with a handkerchief or paper?" Jiangong asked the three Mucun people in front of him, "Lend me."

"I have a handkerchief." As soon as Mamiya finished speaking, Asai nodded, then took out a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to Gamiya.

"Thank you. Remember not to talk later, and breathe lightly, so as not to let the saliva spray on the blade."

Since he had already returned to the hotel, there was no need to disguise any more. Before returning to the room, Mamiya had already put his glasses back on the bridge of his nose.

After instructing the three people in Mucun in this way, Jian Gong first adjusted the glasses on the bridge of his nose, then folded his own handkerchief into a square shape, put it under his lips, and bit it with his teeth.

After covering his mouth with a handkerchief, Gamiya pulled Wakizashi out of the sheath, and then used skillful techniques to take the pin used to fix the handle and blade of the knife.

Then all the parts of the knife handle, knife tan, and knife strip are separated.

Because the size of the sword was not suitable, Mamiya took a lot of effort to remove the sword.

After separating the various parts of the wakizashi, Gamiya used the handkerchief that Asai lent him to grab the stem at the bottom of the blade, lifted the wakizashi blade, and began to carefully examine the various parts of the blade.

The blade of a samurai sword can be roughly divided into two parts: the lower stem in the scabbard, and the square blade.

Some well-known swordsmiths will engrave their names on the stem of the knife.

Only swordsmiths with top strength are qualified to carve their names on the stems of the swords they make.

Therefore, the kind of knife with the name of the knife maker engraved on the stem is basically an excellent treasure knife.

The kind of knives that do not have the name of the knife maker engraved on the stem are collectively referred to as "no inscription knives".

Mamiya first took a look at the stem of the Wakizashi knife, and after confirming that the swordsmith's life was not engraved on the stem, he began to check the blade.

Gamiya sometimes raised the blade upright, sometimes turned it horizontally, and scanned every corner of the blade with serious eyes.

Mamiya's extremely serious look made the surrounding air serious.

After inspecting the blade, Mamiya assembled the blade, handle and other parts one by one, and reassembled the original scattered parts into a complete Wakizashi.

"It's a good knife." The moment he put the knife back into its sheath, Kamiya took off the handkerchief he was biting into his mouth and said with a smile.

Gamiya spoke in his usual gentle tone, breaking the serious atmosphere around him in one fell swoop.

"The radian of the blade is shallow, the boiling point pattern is tight, and the texture of the blade is a fine intermesh pattern."

"The common mistake of knifesmiths who are not skilled enough is to pursue hardness or sharpness blindly, so that the core iron of the blade is less and the skin iron is thicker."

"As a result, the blade has hardness and sharpness, but lacks flexibility."

"A knife without flexibility is tight. This kind of knife is no different from a waste knife. It will break after a few cuts."

"But this Hawakizashi doesn't have such a problem."

"The flexible core iron is sufficient, and the quenching range of the blade is small. The flexibility, hardness, and sharpness of the blade have reached a good balance."

"Although the person who made this knife is not a well-known craftsman, he must be a very experienced veteran."

"Not only that, but the blade is also engraved with the dark pattern of Yae Sakura."

"Although the engraving technique of this dark pattern is not very good, it still looks good."

"As an unmarked saber, this is already a rare good product."

"According to my visual observation, this knife should be able to easily cut through the body."

"If you let someone with good swordsmanship do it, you might be able to barely cut it in half."

"It's a pity that the iron used in this knife is not a good iron."

"If good iron is used to cast this knife, the quality should improve a lot."

"Shimada, how much did you pay for this knife?"

"5 taels." Shimada stretched out 5 fingers.

"5 taels?" Mamiya exclaimed in a low voice, "then you have made a lot of money, Shimada. You can buy such a good quality knife for 5 taels."

"The fly in the ointment of this knife is that the size of the knife is wrong."

"The knife is a bit smaller, so it takes a lot of effort to put it on or take it off."

"In the future, you should go to a pawnshop and buy a knife that matches your blade."

"As long as you change to a matching knife, it will be a good knife."

After all, Mamiya held the wakizashi with both hands and returned it to Shimada.

After accepting the wakizai returned by Mamiya with a dazed look, Shimada said to Mamiya in a surprised tone with a bit of surprise:

"Senior Mamiya, you are amazing!"

"Your movements and comments just now are so professional, just like a real sword master!"

If anyone who knows a little bit about sword-appreciation watches Gamiya's sword-appreciating movements just now, he can see how professional the movements used by Gamiya just now are.

Before pulling out the knife, bite something with your teeth to prevent your saliva from spraying on the blade.

When taking out the blade for appreciation, he also holds the blade with a handkerchief to prevent his fingers from touching the metal blade directly.

The movements used by Mamiya to stand up the knife and horizontally to watch it are also extremely standard, and can be used as a reference for the movement model when appraising the knife.

Regarding Shimada's praise, Mamiya only smiled slightly:

"It's no big deal. I'm still far behind those real sword masters."

"Senior Mamiya, where must you have learned your skill of appreciating swords?" Shimada's tone was slightly teasing.

Although it is an interrogative sentence, the tone is that of an affirmative sentence.

"...Mmm." After being silent for a while, Mamiya nodded, "My skill of appraising swords... I learned it in Edo."

"Did you learn from a very good sword appraiser in Edo?" Shimada asked.

"...That's right. Although that person's main job is not appraising knives, he is indeed a very professional knives appraising master."

Speaking of this, Jian Gong suddenly paused.

After listening carefully to the movement outside the room, Mamiya smiled and said:

"My lord is back."

As soon as Jian Gong's words fell, Mu Cun on the side also smiled and echoed:

"Well, I heard that too."

Almost the moment Mucun's voice fell, the paper sliding door of the room was pulled open.

It was Lin who opened the door and stood outside the room.

Yuan Yi stood behind Lin.

As soon as Lin and Yuan entered the room, they first glanced at the scene in the room, and then asked:

"Where are Ogata Ittosai and Miss Atachi?"

"The two of them haven't come back yet." Jian Gong replied.

"That's it..." Lin muttered, pulling the door open, "Huh? Shimada, what's the matter with that wakizashi in your hand?"

"I bought it from a pawn shop today." Shimada replied, "We just let Senior Mamiya appreciate this knife."

Shimada gave Lin an overview of the two things he bought during the day today, and the Jian Gong sword just now.

"Sheng Liulang, you are lucky." Lin said lightly, "You can buy such a good quality knife with only 5 taels."

Although Lin's face was tired, she still sat on her knees, instead of sitting cross-legged like Mucun and the others.

"This is the steamed bun I just bought."

As Lin spoke, she untied the small package she was carrying on her back, placed it on the tatami and unwrapped it, revealing more than twenty steamed buns inside.

"I thought the steamed buns smelled delicious, so I bought some."

"Whoever wants to eat, eat."

"Oh! Thank you, my lord! Then I will not be polite!"

Mucun, who was the most informal among the crowd, was the first to grab the steamed buns and start chewing them.

It's getting late.

Converted to the time unit of modern Earth, it is now around 22 o'clock in the middle of the night.

At this point in time, Mamiya and the others also felt a little hungry.

Seeing that Mucun had already made a move, Jiangong and the others no longer hesitated. After thanking Lin, they picked up steamed buns and began to chew.

Looking at Jiangong and the others who were feasting in front of her, Lin's mouth curled into a small, imperceptible arc.

"Did you all go to gather information properly today?" Lin asked casually.

"Of course." Mucun said in a vague voice with his mouth full of steamed buns.

"Anyway, let's wait for Ogata Isai and Ms. Atachi to come back first." Lin said softly, "When the two of them come back, we can share and integrate the information we have collected... Ah, they are back Woolen cloth."

After all, Lin turned her gaze to the closed door behind her.

Outside the door, there were two footsteps coming from far and near.

One footstep is heavier, the other footstep is softer.

call--!

The paper sliding door that had not been closed for too long was reopened.

"Sorry." After opening the door, Obi apologized to everyone in the room, "Amachi and I came back too late?"

After saying goodbye to Guasheng and leaving Yoshiwara, Ogata and Atachi first returned to the tea house called "Shiya".

After returning the furoshiki used to wrap the steamed bun box and the paper to the tea house, they hurried back to the inn where they were staying.

The father and daughter in that tea house wanted to make a few cups of good tea to thank Ogata and the others for their kindness in helping them deliver the steamed buns, but Ogata and the others declined.

"Nothing." It was Yuan Yi who answered, "Xiaolin and I just came back not long ago. Come in, both of you."