raw lacquer
The sap cut from the lacquer tree is processed and refined into lacquer, and then the lacquer is piled on the wooden handle, which is moist and elegant, giving people a beautiful aesthetic feeling of oriental classical art, and at the same time making the handle smooth and tidy, moisture-proof and anti-corrosive. This craft was called "fast" in ancient times.
Gold and silver stranded wire
This kind of gold and silver twisted wire is common in European ceremonial swords, that is, it is twisted into a patterned silk thread and wound around the handle, which is very gorgeous.
Glazing
This is an enamel craft, which is very common in the decoration of Oriental hilts. Fill the handle with sand colored glass, then bake, and then cool after the solid melts into liquid. At this time, the glass can be fixed on the handle. Colorful, bright, unique and full of aristocratic temperament!
Give a metal object a protective coating.
Baking blue and burning blue on it sound similar at first glance, but in fact they are two completely different processes. Burning blue is a physical process, while baking blue is a chemical process, also called bluing. When the sword is immersed in alkaline oxidation solution, a dark blue oxide film will be formed on the surface of the sword. It can not only protect the sword from corrosion, but also add a deep and gorgeous color to the sword, which is very eye-catching.
gild
This technology appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The principle of this process is also very simple. We know that mercury can dissolve gold and form gold amalgam. If gold and mercury are mixed and heated, they will dissolve and then cool to form a paste. All kinds of patterns can be drawn by painting on the sword. Then bake to evaporate the mercury, and the gold will adhere to the sword. Noble and gorgeous.
insertion
Mosaic is developed from carving technology. First, grooves are carved on the surface of the sword, and then luxurious decorations such as jewelry, gold and silver can be embedded and compacted. The value of the sword has doubled.
enamel
In ancient times, people used to call things attached to the surface of ceramics "glaze", things attached to buildings "coloured glaze" and things attached to metals "enamel". Mineral materials (feldspar, quartz, silicon, etc. ) All of them are added with non-ferrous metal oxides, then sintered and ground into pastels, and then drawn and embedded in swords, which is noble and elegant, showing the nobility and glory of royal identity.
prison cell
During the Renaissance, European craftsmen had mastered this craft, and this decoration was common on the handles of small swords and daggers. The principle is simple, the workmanship is complex, and steel can be carved into all kinds of complex and fine artistic decorations with high technical content.
The worship of sword has existed in the traditional culture of China since ancient times. Sword is a symbol of strength, force and right, as well as courage, chivalry, fairness and justice. People dress up swords, play with them, collect them, appreciate them, express their feelings with them and place their interests on them. There are soldiers' bravery, literati's Confucian demeanor, the generous elegy of the righteous, the blood of the brave, and the lofty sentiments and realm of the chivalrous.