What "zwiki" and why Japanese blacksmiths known to the whole world? (Video)
the Crew of Euronews visited Tsubame Sanjo, where he met with the Japanese tradition of Metalworking. Forging steel - vintage Japanese art. Niigata Prefecture has always been considered the heart of a blacksmith.
Tsubame and Sanjo – two different cities, despite the fact that the name are common. Copper cookware Zwiki business card here. Zwiki means "making metal hammer". Every detail of the dishes is done by hand-honoured traditional skills and techniques.
In Tsubame and Sanjo, you can visit workshops, to admire the beautiful crafts, and even try to create something with their hands.
every year, a workshop for blacksmithing attracts about 5 thousand people to learn the art of working with metal. And in the last few years come more and more foreigners.
the History of this area began 800 years ago, when people found the ferruginous sand in the riverbed Igarashi, which flows through the Sanjo. People began to use this sand for the production of metal.
Feature of Japanese knives is a unique blend of carbon steel, forged using boric acid, which gives the blades the hardness, which they are famous all over the world. The manufacture of one knife takes at least two days. This is a traditional Japanese method of forging. Here make knives, using a technique derived from the manufacture of swords in ancient times and the tradition continues to develop with high technology.