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Sat and Sun, July 20th and 21st:, The North Texas Blacksmith Association hosted:  Master Bladesmith Yoshida Masaya from Japan along with his apprentice Robert Guest. 

This demonstration took place right at our new home base Gaby’s Blacksmith Shop in the Frisco Heritage center  http://www.friscoheritage.org/heritage-center/gabys-blacksmith-shop/ 

• On Saturday, Day one, Master Masaya demonstrated the forging process of building the billet using raw materials for the creation of a blade using a traditional style charcoal forge and box bellows.

• On Sunday,Day two, Master Masaya covered the technique for traditional water quenching using

a glass tank so the recurvature of the blade during quenching could be seen. He also demonstrated the age old process of polishing the blade using Japanese water stones.

• In addition to the two day demo, Master Masaya brought samples of his work for sale. Many traditionally made parts and partials were available for purchase.

Any one interested in viewing his work may visit his website at https://katanakajimasaya.com .
NOTE: this website is in its original Japanese language, use your browser to translate.