gifted collector

Chapter 647 Damascus
"All right!"

Fang Ming could only shake his head and stop talking, since he was being targeted, it was impossible for him to have another chance.

Seeing Fang Ming like this, Sikong Zhe was also happy, and said: "Hahaha! Fang Ming, I really didn't expect you to have a tendency to be strict with your wife."

Spreading his hands, Fang Ming nodded heavily and said, "There is no way, and there are not one, but two. I live in dire straits all day long."

The expression on Fang Ming's face when he spoke was really exaggerated, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to be the truth.Of course, his words once again drew condemnation from Zhou Yafang and Jiang Wen. In the end, they could only admit that they were wrong, and finally the topic returned to the Damascus knife.

Si Kongzhe took the knife that Fang Ming used to chop wood piles just now, and after looking at it carefully for a while, he sighed, but he immediately asked curiously: "Fang Ming, why is the damascus knife so sharp?"

"Of course there is a reason for this, let alone the reason for the blade of the Damascus knife. Modern technology has carefully studied the Damascus knife and found that the patterns on its body are actually composed of countless small serrations. This is because the Damascus knife The density of the blade is different, so different large and small serrations are formed. It is precisely because of the existence of such serrations that the Damascus knife is like a saw invisible to the naked eye. In this way, when the Damascus knife cuts After the tool, such serrations can produce amazing cutting effects. Therefore, the pattern on the Damascus knife is far from simple as it appears."

"So magical? Then... why are there different patterns? Damascus swords... shouldn't they only have the legendary ladder pattern?"

Fang Ming's explanation was obviously not correct. Sikong Zhe had already unsheathed several knives, but he found that the patterns on the Damascus knives were different. Although he had heard of the legendary Damascus knives, The legend of the blade, but to be honest, I don't know much about it.

Shaking his head, Fang Ming said, "It's not surprising. In fact, the patterns on Damascus knives in different countries have different characteristics. For example, the Damascus knives made in Persia have silk-like textile patterns and are very shiny. Good; the Damascus knife produced in Turkey has a rolling pattern, and the veins are like agate. The ladder pattern you mentioned, which is the most famous one, is produced in India. It has horizontal veins, one layer Another layer, like an upward ladder, this is the so-called ladder pattern, that is, the Mohammed ladder, which is the best of Damascus knives."

"Ah? So that's the case. I thought that Damascus knives only have one pattern, which is the ladder pattern!"

Zhao Zhuzi's eyes widened. When he was in the team, he said that his comrades talked a lot about the situation of Damascus knives. In those legendary "stories", all Damascus knives have the ladder pattern, but Didn't expect there to be so many types.

"Well, yes, the reason why most people only know the ladder pattern is because this pattern is more famous, in fact, other patterns are also good knives."

Fang Ming knew that not to mention the Damascus knife with the ladder pattern, in fact, no matter what kind of pattern the Damascus knife is, it is a good thing, and it is true that one is missing.

"By the way, Fang Ming, can this thing be faked? Although the pattern looks very complicated, but the current level of craftsmanship is so high, it should be possible to make it?"

Sikong Zhe's heart moved, the Damascus knife is so valuable, with the ingenuity of the people all over the world, someone should be able to make it.

Shaking his head, Fang Ming said: "Of course, it's not that no one has made the special pattern of the Damascus knife, but it's just a similarity. Among the real experts in identification, they can know it at a glance. It was formed during the casting process, and now some people use forging to make these patterns, so there is a big difference."

"So complicated?"

After saying that, Sikong Zhe thought about it again, and realized that it should be true. After all, if Damascus knives were so easy to manufacture, wouldn't they be so rare?

"This is about the formation of Damascus knives. The real steel for making Damascus knives is called crystalline patterned copper in modern terms. It was produced under the perfect combination of ancient powder metallurgy and forging. On this basis, the patterns on Damascus knives can basically be divided into two different materials. The bright part is made of high-purity Xueming carbon iron, which is harder than glass in terms of hardness, and the dark part is It belongs to wave iron and Worth field iron, and its toughness is extremely high. In this way, it is equivalent to covering the extremely tough wave iron with Xueming carbon iron, which is harder than glass. In fact, if the knife needs to be sharp, it must be used Hard materials, however, although hard materials are sharp, they are relatively brittle and easy to break. Because Damascus knives combine extremely high-toughness wave iron and Xueming carbon iron, which is harder than glass, they are used in Extremely sharp but also full of toughness, so it will become a generation of famous blades.”

"There is a clear difference between the pattern on the Damascus knife and the sword formed by folding and hammering. Simply put, the pattern on the Damascus knife is more natural and the contrast between black and white is also very obvious. If you look carefully at the Damascus knife, it is The black blade is covered with snow-bright charcoal iron as bright as silver stars, which is very magical and beautiful."

"Ah... I mean Sikong Zhe, why are you looking at me like that? Could it be that I said something wrong?"

After talking for a long time, Fang Ming found that Sikong Zhe looked at him with strange eyes, and he didn't quite understand what was going on. In his opinion, he should have said nothing wrong!He has full confidence in his memory, and it is impossible to forget what he has seen.

"This... I don't know if you're wrong or not. Anyway, I don't know these things, so I don't know if you're right or not."

"what?"

Fang Ming looked at Sikong Zhe, and said a little speechlessly: "Then what do you mean? You look at me like this and don't know if I'm right?"

"Hahaha!"

Sikong Zhe laughed and said: "I think you seem to be a monster. Why do you know everything about it? You must know that Damascus knives are extremely unpopular among those of us who are interested in antiques. Most people know a little. It’s terrible, it’s really strange that you know so clearly, Damascus knife, this thing is really not something that ordinary people will touch, you said you have a deep research on celadon, I believe you, but this Damascus Knife... it's really a monster who looks like you."

Only now did Fang Ming realize that Sikong Zhe meant this. However, Sikong Zhe was looking for death, and given himself such a good opportunity to hit him, how could Fang Ming let it go?Pointing to his own head, he said: "Sikong Zhe, you have to know a truth. If you want to make progress in this world, you have to study more. The things I said are all in the books. Although you It’s quite old, but you still need to strengthen your studies, or you’ll have to go to a university for the elderly if you’re not older.”

Laughing at Fang Ming as a monster, this is a joy that Sikong Zhe finally found, so he yelled "arrogantly", but he didn't expect Fang Ming to say such a thing, so he immediately petrified When he got up, the smile was also condensed on his face, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Seeing this, Zhou Yafang also laughed, and said, "Student Sikongzhe, you are really asking for trouble. You and Fang Ming must not be able to handle things like bickering with him, so forget it."

"Well...you're right, I really can't play with him in such a thing, I'm asking for trouble"

Si Kongzhe found himself a little depressed, he couldn't compare to Fang Ming in sarcasm, and when it came to appraising leaks, he was not Fang Ming's opponent, making money?He is much better at making money than ordinary people in investing by himself, but the problem is that Fang Ming is really good at picking things up a little bit, and picking up things can be hundreds of millions or even hundreds of millions. In this way, no matter how much money he makes There is no such thing as Fang Mingkuai, and more importantly, no matter how you earn money, there are risks and capital, but Fang Ming's is completely risk-free and cost-free. Is there anything more enjoyable than this in the world?It's not even a huge profit, but a white wolf style with no capital and empty gloves.

No matter how you play, you can't play Fang Ming's, so what Zhou Yafang said is right, Si Kongzhe knows that he really doesn't want to have such a "spiritual battle" with Fang Ming.

Fang Ming did not continue to "mock" Sikong Zhe, but continued to say: "Damascus knife has another very important feature, that is, apart from its sharpness, its decoration is world-class."

Fang Ming picked up one of them and said: "These Damascus knives we bought, except for two, the other decorations are in good condition, as if they were new. Maybe it's just like that, that one The old man didn't believe it was a good thing at all, but thought it was a fake. This kind of damascus knives with flowery decorations belonged to the nobles. You see, these are inlaid with gemstones, even those two are relatively simple Yes, enamel, gold and silver interlaced silk and other crafts are also used, which are unacceptable things.

European craftsmen once wanted to imitate Damascus knives, but they couldn't do it. The main reason is that first, as far as the blade body is concerned, they did not cast such Uzi steel ingots at all, and for the decoration of the handle, they did not. There is also no craftsmanship of gold, silver and jewelry craftsmen. You see, the decorations on the handles of these knives are probably more than a thousand years old, and they are still as new. It is said that if they are high-quality imitations of European craftsmen, they are less than 50 years old. It will become old, in fact, this is also a way to identify a Damascus knife - if someone gives you a Damascus knife that looks old, it must be a fake! "

Looking at these Damascus knives on the ground, Fang Ming couldn't hide the complacent expression on his face. It was really hard to get this thing, but he got a dozen of them from the stall at once. His luck was so good. Go against the sky!

(End of this chapter)