{"id":491,"date":"2006-12-08T08:45:38","date_gmt":"2006-12-07T23:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soulsmithing.com\/Blog\/?p=482"},"modified":"2023-01-02T12:59:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T17:59:09","slug":"event-demo-quench-hardening-of-a-japanese-sword","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulsmithing.com\/fr\/2006\/12\/event-demo-quench-hardening-of-a-japanese-sword\/","title":{"rendered":"Event\/Demo: Quench-hardening of a Japanese Sword"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TRADITIONAL JAPANESE SWORDSMITHING: Quench-hardening of a Japanese sword<\/h3>\n

Held in Toronto (Oct.28) and Montr\u00e9al (Nov.4th) 2006<\/p>\n


\n227, Riverside St., where the event was held in Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n

The event in review… <\/p>\n

Our intention was to come Toronto and Montr\u00e9al in order to give interested people a chance to observe a Japanese swordsmith at work, and to obtain first-hand information…<\/p>\n

The schedule, for Toronto as well as Montr\u00e9al, was to start the event with a presentation by the swordsmith and a short film on the making of a Japanese sword.<\/p>\n

Participants would then be invited to attend the demonstration of the quench-hardening of a sword. This would include the application of clay on the blade (tsuchi-oki), the heating in the forge and quenching in water (yaki-ire), and a base polish (kaji-togi) in order to let the hardening mark appear.<\/p>\n

The demonstration would be completed with a session of mei-kiri, i.e. the method used to sign sword tangs.<\/p>\n

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IN TORONTO<\/h3>\n

With the help of the Toronto JCCC friends (see page bottom) et after many nights spent organizing details all the way from Japan, we arrived to Toronto on October 25th from Osaka, Japan.<\/p>\n

After a modest day of tourism, the forge was built the day preceding the event. It was cold and rainy, but our mood and our tent held tight!<\/p>\n

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That same evening, there was a party in the gym right next door where 200 teen fans of Anime (Japanese animation) met. Unfortunately, a handful of them had fun vandalizing the forge by setting fire to it and leaving with several tools. Rain was on their side: the forge was flooded (and burnt?!) when we got there the next morning, the day of the event.<\/p>\n

Between interviews, a presentation, and the last preparations of the day, we managed to make the forge functional and thus start our main presentation on time. Over 70 people will have demonstrated their patience and enthusiasm by standing the cold, wind, and light rain of November to observe the hardening of a Japanese sword.<\/p>\n

THEN MONTR\u00c9AL<\/h3>\n

The next day we were driven to Montr\u00e9al in order to get ready for the next Saturday.<\/p>\n

Dinners, meetings, visits… too busy to appreciate Qu\u00e9bec’s pace of life. Our blacksmith friend Mathieu Collette and his apprentice Sean worked like dogs to make a nice little hole in a foot-thick concrete slab. It would be used for the forge.<\/p>\n

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The week is spent lightning-fast as we try to arrange the site as best we can. On November 4th, a Saturday, over 130 people show up in this former Montr\u00e9al city sewage pumping facility renovated into a blacksmithing promotion center.<\/p>\n

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After an hour of talking and the presentation of a brief film on the making of a japanese sword in the ambiant cold, a tea served by Camellia Sinensis<\/a> will have warmed up at least the tip of fingers and the stomach…<\/p>\n

The demonstration, scheduled to start just before sunset in order to allow for everyone to appreciate the red-hot heated blade in the dark, started around 15h00. The application of clay (tsuchi-oki) require a certain period of time during which some attendees were seriously annoyed by the cold.<\/p>\n

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However, the entire crowd shown a deep interest, enthusiasm, and respect, along with a sharp attention for the whole event: something never seen in a classroom!<\/p>\n

As expected, the sun said goodbye for the day and made room for darkness, allowing the smith to judge well the blade temperature, and the people to appreciate the show.<\/p>\n

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WE WISH TO THANK…<\/p>\n

The Toronto JCCC<\/a>
\nWithout which the event would
\nnot have been made possible<\/p>\n

and… <\/p>\n

JCCC Token Kai
\nKen Noma, president
\nJapanese sword study group
\nTutored by the JCCC<\/p>\n

JCCC Iaido Club<\/p>\n

JCCC Heritage Committee<\/p>\n

…and to over 130 people, many standing in the cold for several hours…<\/p>\n

THANK YOU!
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FORGE TRADITIONNELLE JAPONAISE: D\u00e9monstration de la trempe d’un sabre japonais<\/h3>\n

Ayant eu lieu \u00e0 Toronto (28 oct) et Montr\u00e9al (4 nov) 2006<\/p>\n


\nLe 227 Riverside, o\u00f9 l’\u00e9v\u00e9nement a eu lieu \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n

L’\u00e9v\u00e9nement en revue… <\/p>\n

Nous nous proposions de venir \u00e0 Toronto et Montr\u00e9al afin de donner la chance aux int\u00e9ress\u00e9s d’observer un forgeron de sabre japonais \u00e0 l’oeuvre et d’obtenir des informations de premi\u00e8re main…<\/p>\n

L’horaire, autant pour Toronto que Montr\u00e9al, \u00e9tait de d\u00e9buter l’\u00e9v\u00e9nement par une pr\u00e9sentation par le forgeron et un petit film sur la forge d’un sabre japonais.<\/p>\n

Ensuite, les participants seraient invit\u00e9s \u00e0 assister \u00e0 la trempe d’un sabre japonais, soit l’application de l’argile (tsuchi-oki), la trempe elle-m\u00eame (yaki-ire) \u00e0 l’aide d’une forge japonaise am\u00e9nag\u00e9e \u00e0 cette fin et un polissage de base (kaji-togi) afin de faire ressortir la marque de trempe (hamon).<\/p>\n

La d\u00e9monstration serait compl\u00e9t\u00e9e par une session de mei-kiri, soit la m\u00e9thode utilis\u00e9e pour signer la soie des sabres.<\/p>\n

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\u00c0 TORONTO<\/h3>\n

Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l’aide des amis du JCCC de Toronto (voir plus bas) et apr\u00e8s plusieurs nuits \u00e0 organiser les d\u00e9tails \u00e0 distance, nous sommes arriv\u00e9s \u00e0 Toronto le 25 octobre dernier d’Osaka, au Japon.<\/p>\n

Apr\u00e8s une modeste journ\u00e9e de tourisme, la forge fut assembl\u00e9e la veille de l’\u00e9v\u00e9nement. Il faisant froid et pluvieux, mais notre moral et notre tente tenaient bon!<\/p>\n

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Le soir m\u00eame, il y avait une f\u00eate dans le gymnase juste \u00e0 c\u00f4t\u00e9 o\u00f9 200 amateurs d’Anime (animations japonaises) se sont retrouv\u00e9s. Malheureusement, une poign\u00e9e d’entre eux se seront amus\u00e9s \u00e0 vandaliser la forge en y mettant le feu et emportant avec eux certains outils. La pluie \u00e9tait de leur c\u00f4t\u00e9: la forge \u00e9tait inond\u00e9e (et br\u00fbl\u00e9e!) lors de notre arriv\u00e9e, au matin de l’\u00e9v\u00e9nement.<\/p>\n

Entre les entrevues, une pr\u00e9sentation et les derniers pr\u00e9paratifs de la journ\u00e9e, nous avons pu rendre la forge fonctionnelle et ainsi d\u00e9buter la pr\u00e9sentation \u00e0 temps. Plus de 70 personnes auront tout de m\u00eame d\u00e9montrer leur patience et leur enthousiasme en s’entassant dans le froid, le vent et la pluie l\u00e9g\u00e8re de novembre pour observer la trempe du sabre.<\/p>\n

PUIS MONTR\u00c9AL<\/h3>\n

Le lendemain de l’\u00e9v\u00e9nement, nous \u00e9tions reconduits \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al afin de nous pr\u00e9parer pour le samedi suivant.<\/p>\n

Soupers, rencontres, visites… trop occup\u00e9s pour appr\u00e9cier le rythme de vie du Qu\u00e9bec. Notre ami forgeron Mathieu Collette et son apprenti Sean se seront d\u00e9pens\u00e9s comme des boeufs pour nous confectionner un trou dans une dalle de b\u00e9ton de 40cm d’\u00e9paisseur. Ce trou devait servir \u00e0 acceuillir la forge.<\/p>\n

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La semaine passe comme l’\u00e9clair alors que nous tentons d’am\u00e9nager les lieux dans le temps disponible. Le 4 novembre, un samedi, plus de 130 personnes se pointent dans cette ancienne station de pompage de la Ville de Montr\u00e9al, restor\u00e9e et d\u00e9sormais am\u00e9nag\u00e9e en centre de promotion de forge traditionnelle.<\/p>\n

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Apr\u00e8s une heure de jasette et de pr\u00e9sentation d’un cours film sur la forge de sabre japonaise dans le froid ambiant, un th\u00e9 servi par Camellia Sinensis<\/a> aura servi a r\u00e9chauffer au moins le bout des doigts et l’estomac…<\/p>\n

La d\u00e9monstration, pr\u00e9vue pour d\u00e9buter juste avant le coucher du soleil afin que l’utilisation du feu se fasse dans la p\u00e9nombre, a d\u00e9but\u00e9 vers les 15h00. L’application de l’argile sur la lame (tsuchi-oki) requiert un certain temps durant lequel certains participants ont vraiment \u00e9t\u00e9 incommod\u00e9s par le froid.<\/p>\n

Malgr\u00e9 tout, la foule enti\u00e8re aura fait montre d’int\u00e9r\u00eat, d’enthousiasme et de respect, avec une vive attention pour toute la dur\u00e9e de l’\u00e9v\u00e9nement: encore jamais vu dans une classe d’\u00e9cole!<\/p>\n

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Tel que pr\u00e9vu \u00e0 l’horaire, le soleil nous fit ses adieux pour la journ\u00e9e et laissa place \u00e0 la p\u00e9nombre permettant au forgeron de bien juger de la temp\u00e9rature de sa lame et aux gens d’appr\u00e9cier le spectacle.<\/p>\n

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NOUS TENONS \u00c0 REMERCIER…<\/p>\n

Le JCCC de Toronto<\/a>
\nSans qui l’\u00e9v\u00e9nement n’aurait pu avoir lieu.<\/p>\n

Ainsi que le<\/p>\n

JCCC Token Kai
\nKen Noma, pr\u00e9sident
\nGroupe d’\u00e9tude des sabres japonais
\nParra\u00een\u00e9 par le JCCC<\/p>\n

JCCC Iaido Club<\/p>\n

JCCC Heritage Committee<\/p>\n

…Plus de 130 personnes, plusieurs debout dans le
\nfroid pendant quelques heures…<\/p>\n

MERCI!
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