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Posted by Ben (the handyman) on October 13, 2007, 3:06 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:50:08 -0700, Ken Rose wrote:
> RAM³ wrote:
>>
>>> Did anyone in the group - besides me, that is - watch the PBS "NOVA"
>>> program on traditional katana-making?
>>>
>>> If so, what were *your* impressions of the show?
>>
>
> I missed the first 15 or 20 minutes, but I enjoyed what I saw. There
> was one bit where somebody was talking about work-hardening and that
> that was why the steel had to go back into the fire periodically. He
> didn't seem to grasp that the steel is worked hot, and goes back in
> because it's cooled off, not because it's work-hardened.
>
> Beautiful blade.
>
> - ken
I see tons of really bad fact checking in "educational" programming,
especially on the history channel.
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