Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 189 Famous Knife
The concept of the Japanese on the sword is very different from that of people in other parts of the world. People in other regions tend to regard the sword as a whole, whether it is the handle, the scabbard or the handguard, they are all part of the sword.

But the Japanese look at the sword and the sword separately. They think that the blade is the knife itself, and the sword is just the clothes of the sword.Therefore, they usually keep the blades in white sheaths, and only bring a full set of blades when they go out.

The so-called white sheaths are mostly made of naturally dried pomegranate. Since pomegranate contains less resin, it is not easy to damage the sword itself.

The full set of knives needs to be painted, so the kept knives are in a completely sealed state.That is to say, Japanese sword collectors say that the blade is in a "no breathing" environment for a long time, and it will be more prone to rust.

This is also the case, so from the perspective of long-term preservation, swords are often placed in a "white sheath" with simple and pure materials, so that the sword can breathe freely, and when it is necessary to display and carry it publicly Comes with a full knife set.

Therefore, to Liang En, it doesn't matter what the appearance of the knife on the outside of the knife is. The real core is the blade inside.As long as the blade is intact, the knife can be considered a complete knife according to Japanese tradition.

And according to the obvious mismatch between the blade of the knife in Liang En's hand and the knife outfit, he now feels that this may be the result of the other party's hastily hiding after finding a good knife in this place.

As for the Philippines, it is not so strange to find Japanese knives, because during the Sengoku period in Japan, many ronin left their hometowns to work around.

These wandering warriors became very sought-after mercenaries in Southeast Asian countries, and even established many Japanese settlements in Southeast Asia.

After the end of the Warring States period, the Tokugawa shogunate announced a national lock-up order, prohibiting all Japanese overseas from returning to Japan, and those Japanese samurai were therefore exiled in foreign countries.

In addition, the Tokugawa shogunate also exiled a group of Christian warriors to the Philippines, injecting fresh blood into this group of overseas Japanese.

However, this injection was only temporary. Because of the lock-up order, these overseas Japanese settlements gradually declined, and the weapons they carried were naturally lost to this foreign land far away from home.

Therefore, the saber that Liang En obtained now is likely to be the weapon left by the group of overseas Japanese samurai, and then it was taken by the previous owner of the saber, a Japanese officer.

After an overall inspection of the entire knife, Liang En began to clean the knife stem with the tools on his body, because most of the information about Japanese knives would be engraved on the knife stem.

He began to use a bamboo stick and a brush to clean up the floating rust accumulated on the knife stem little by little. When a few rust spots were cleaned out, he found some faintly visible scratches on the knife stem.

"It seems that this is really a good knife." After confirming the traces of artificial carving on the rusty knife stem, Liang En sighed softly, because traditionally, only when a knifemaker is satisfied with his work, does he An inscription will be engraved on the stem of the knife.

Of course, this is not to say that Japanese knives without inscriptions are not good. Some of the good knives without inscriptions belong to period sword makers, while the other part are knives for temples or shrines. According to the rules, inscriptions cannot be left.

There is also a more extreme situation where the knife strip is greatly shortened, and the part of the knife inscription is also cut off, so it becomes a knife without an inscription.This kind is called the Great Moshang Wuming, and it is very common in ancient knives, especially famous knives before the Muromachi period.

It's just that now because the stem part of the knife does not have the protective layer on the knife body, the various rusts on it are obviously much more serious than the blade part.Therefore, except for a few strokes, it is impossible to tell what is carved on it?
It's just strange that normal Japanese swords, whether it's a sword or a sword, only concentrate the inscriptions on one side, but there are inscriptions on both sides of the stem of this knife.

"It seems that this is a knife with a story." Liang En thought while looking at the dilapidated inscriptions under the light.Because the rust on this knife is relatively new, it should be left by improper storage for more than half a century.

In other words, when the devil officer found the knife, the inscription on it should have existed, and the reason why the other party kept the knife was probably because he discovered the inscription on the stem.

"Let's fix it when we go back." Liang En knew that he needed to stop when he cleaned up this place.Because if you want to get more information, you must use the card to repair the knife.

Repairing the knife with a card will make the knife the same as a new knife, so he can't explain to the customs that he obviously got a broken knife, but it was a new knife when he got out of the customs.

For the next week, Liang En devoted his energy to repairing the drainage system of the plantation.It wasn't until the whole thing was repaired and it was confirmed that they could survive this year's typhoon season that they left here and returned to Ireland with Fan Meng.

As soon as he got home, he went into his basement and put the knife on the table, then took out the only piece [Repair (R)] and checked the repair materials needed for this knife .

"Carbon steel, a set of millstones, a bucket filled with water, a stove, and will consume 6 legend points at the same time—it seems that these items are quite simple to prepare."

After figuring out what he needed through the power of the card, Liang En showed a clear look.

Obviously, repairing the knife bar is much simpler than repairing the whole knife, only steel and some corresponding items are enough.If you add a scabbard, it should be more troublesome than this.

After confirming that the [Repair (R)] card could perfectly repair the knife, Liang En used this card.The moment the card was consumed, a small handful of nails placed on the side turned into a stream of light and enveloped the blade.

This long strip of light flew directly to the stove that the ranch usually used for temporary processing of metal parts, and was entangled by the two flames rushing out of the stove.

As bit by bit of destiny points were poured into the flame, the flame became brighter and brighter.When the brightness of the flame reached a limit, it suddenly went out.

Then, the millstone Liang En had prepared before and the water in the bucket entwined and flew into the ray of light, and then there were strange friction sounds from the ray of light.

Finally, everything was over, the whetstone fell to the ground, and the light that wrapped the knife flew back to the table, and then went out quietly, revealing the intact blade inside.

"Let me see what's engraved on it." Liang En put on his white gloves and picked up the knife, then focused on the engraved part of the knife stem.

The first thing he looked at was the watch on the stem of the knife, which was the outer side of the knife when it was worn.Because traditionally, this place will engrave the identity of the maker.

Thanks to Japan's habit of using Chinese characters in ancient times, Liang En easily recognized the three Chinese characters carved on the stem of the knife.

"Guang Shizuo—it seems that this time I really found a treasure." Liang En whispered in a low voice, because he knew what these three words meant.

(End of this chapter)