Sword casting master, 14 years to make the 2008 "Yue Wang Hook Sword", the secret of success is only 1 word
Literature/History of Martial Arts
During the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, there was a sword casting master who celebrated this great moment in his own way, and his way was to copy the 2008 "Yue Wang Gou Jian Sword", and the copied swords were all out-of-print high imitations with numbers. In order to make the 2008 sword, this craftsman spent 14 years, he is the master of sword casting - Xu Guangguo.
First, the sword came from more than 2400 years ago in the late Spring and Autumn Warring States period, has reached the moment when the nations are competing for supremacy, the smoke is everywhere, located in the south of the Yue and Wu kingdoms attach great importance to the role of infantry in the war, so improving iron smelting and weapon manufacturing technology has become the key to improving the combat ability of infantry, and both countries have emerged a large number of outstanding sword casting masters, such as Ou Yezi, Gan General, Mo Xie, etc., yue wang gou jian sword is also forged in this situation.
2. The ancient craft "Zhou Li Kao Gong Ji" records:
"Four points of its gold, and the tin is one, which is called the qi of the geji; the third is its gold and the tin is one, which is called the qi of the great blade"
This sentence refers to the alloy composition in the ancient bronze sword, "four points of its gold" is about 80% copper content, "and tin juyi" refers to the content of tin at about 20%, in addition to lead and other alloy components, and the alloy content of the Yue Wang Gou Jian sword and the content in the record are basically the same.
We all know that copper is an inactive metal and generally does not rust, but if it is in a humid environment like an ancient tomb, after a long period of corrosion, copper will generate copper salt. But why is it that the "Yue King's Sword" is still as sharp as the first cold after 2400 years?
Third, the mystery of stainless steel 1, confined space - in 1965, the Yue King's sword was excavated in the ancient tomb of Wangshan in Jiangling, Hubei Province, and the coffin was made of two layers of coffins, and filled with white paste mud, which made the coffin in a sealed space.
2, air content - expert research found that the tomb of Lingwangshan is near the Zhanghe River, so the tomb has been soaked by groundwater for a long time, which will compress the air content in the tomb, which will greatly reduce the possibility of the sword body being corroded.
3. Contemporaneous weapons
In addition, there is also a national treasure bronze vessel - Wu WangFu Cha Spear, and this weapon and the Gou Jian Sword are the pinnacle of the same period, and their metal content and craftsmanship are basically the same. However, the preservation of the Tomb of Mashan Chu in Gangneung, where the spear was unearthed, was very bad, most of the coffins and funerary items inside the tomb had decayed, and when the spear was unearthed, the surface of the spear sword was covered with copper salt rust, and the spear handle had all decayed.
According to the above evidence, the reason why the Yue King's sword can not rust has a lot to do with the conditions in which it is located.
Fourth, the replication problem clarified the mystery of the stainless sword of the Yue King, does it mean that copying a sword is very simple, the sword casting master Xu Guangguo told us: very, very difficult, want to copy a qualified sword need to break through the 5 key points of technology.
1, the ratio of copper and tin between the sword blade and the sword body, the record of "Zhou Li Kao Gong" is only a rough combination of proportions, can not obtain accurate quantitative data, if the ratio is not qualified, it will directly lead to the smell and color of the sword body and other aspects are not up to standard. This point does not have much skill for Xu Guangguo, that is, it is enough to bury his head in repeated experiments. Therefore, after countless experiments, he finally found the secret of matching.
2, the sword handle production is also very difficult, although the modern process can create a qualified sword handle, but it has lost the ancient atmosphere, and the ancient handmade production method, there are 11 hand-carved concentric circles, the interval between the distance is only 0.1 mm, and the ancients are through the hands to create such a perfect sword handle, it is indeed impressive. Xu Guangguo has the skill of refining clocks and watches, so this problem has also been overcome by him.
3. The diamond-shaped pattern on the sword has always been a problem that many sword casting masters dream of solving. Finally, in recent years, the "vulcanization process" has been discovered, thus solving this problem.
4, the golden silk character on the sword, this problem has been solved by Guo Moruo. Therefore, Xu Guangguo used the "lost wax method" on this basis to break through this problem.
5, the realism of the sword, which is the most difficult of all the problems, is whether it is possible to copy the core technology of the perfect "Yue Wang Gou Jian Sword", this core technology is to give the sword "pulp", how to make the imitation Gou Jian sword look flawless, Xu Guangguo almost exhausted all the methods, it took five years to find out the "pulp" production method of the Gou Jian sword. Although this problem was solved, he was reluctant to tell people the secret of the process.
In an exchange seminar, many scholars asked Xu Guangguo for the success secret of "wrapping pulp", and Xu Guangguo finally told everyone the success secret of this "pulp", and this success secret is a word, "chromium", a very rare metal. However, as early as 2,000 years ago, the ancients have mastered the use of "chromium", which is really hard to believe. And how the ancients obtained this metal has become another mystery.
Xu Guangguo's success is not an accident, but an inevitability. Since 1990, he has given up everything for one purpose, and that is to copy the Gou Jian Sword. It took Xu Guangguo 14 years to complete his dream, and it took another 4 years to create the 2008 replica Gou Jian Sword. If you calculate according to the martial arts level in martial arts novels, his skill has reached the ninth level, and it is not an exaggeration to be called the first sword casting master of modern times. His hands were also scarred by practicing this "divine skill", but all the efforts were worth it. According to Xu Guangguo's words: "I think it is worth it to make this ancient craft come back to the world." ”
This sentence, we hear is the greatest affirmation of the ancient craftsmen, is to be proud of the 5,000 years of splendid Chinese culture. The spirit of the ancient craftsmen is more worthy of the permanent ownership and learning of the Chinese people.