{"id":1778,"date":"2018-03-08T08:44:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-08T08:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/?p=1778"},"modified":"2018-03-08T08:44:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T08:44:01","slug":"forge-direct-work-in-progress-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbg-sword-store.sword-buyers-guide.com\/wordpress\/forge-direct-work-in-progress-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Forge Direct – Work in Progress Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just something a little different with today’s post – some progress pics from the master smiths at Forge Direct who have been back from Chinese New Year holidays for a couple of weeks now and are well and truly making good progress on the orders received from the recent mega sale.<\/p>\n

First off, a picture of the forge itself – all fired up and making blades around the clock.<\/p>\n

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Next up, a picture of one of the raw billets of steel, this particular billet to be folded to produce one of the Chinese Jians we offer in the series.<\/p>\n

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And after folding, the blade is skillfully drawn out to full length by one of the Master Smiths.<\/p>\n

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And finally, once the Master has finished his work – it is sent over to a certified Master Polisher, who cleans it all up, hones the edge and brings it to life..<\/p>\n

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The polishing alone is very labor intensive, each sword is hand polished for up to 10 hours starting with coarse and ending with refined grits – which adds considerably to the cost of the sword, but is worth every penny paid..<\/p>\n

So anyway, just thought you might be interested in a sneak peak behind the scenes at what is going on.<\/p>\n

It is full steam ahead – and very good to see after 2017 which was a very difficult year for the sword industry, and traditional Chinese swords in particular.<\/p>\n

Talk to you all again soon!<\/p>\n