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25th February 2023, 10:37 PM | #1 |
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Hello Joe, where did you read this ?
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25th February 2023, 10:46 PM | #2 |
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possibly on this forum, or one of a few other websites I checked out recently.
I am Shure I read about it. something along the lines of the same time every year, almost like a holiday everyone does it. think I also heard it mentioned on Youtube... and just today actually on another sword forum I read someone talk about the sword receiving the incense and oil treatment. |
25th February 2023, 10:53 PM | #3 |
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Hello Joe,
Sounds like people are mixing things up - some just confuse islands and stuff... And the quenching treatment with clay-covered blades is most famously known from Japan. I don't think this is documented from anywhere on Borneo... Regards, Kai |
26th February 2023, 01:58 PM | #4 | |
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Quote:
More worldly form is to treat the blades with things like Balistol or Singer sewing machine oil (with or without a scent). |
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25th February 2023, 10:51 PM | #5 |
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"likely that ritual was also for reasons to protect the blade"
this I did not read or hear, this i am saying, maybe, like years upon year of dried oil could work as a laquer, I remember it was done to keep the spirits in the blade appeased maybe, something along the lines of need to keep the sword happy or it loses it magic power, apparently they point the swords at the ground before enactment fighting to nullify the magic. |
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