The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

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From the beginning of the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, the weight of this European armor varies according to style, region, time and craftsmanship. The weight of this full-body knight armor is generally between 20 and 35 kg. Very few may be more important, but not It would be too ridiculous.

"A set of plate armor is definitely more than 50 kilograms, and the heaviest one is 100 kilograms." In fact, it's a joke. If it's really that heavy, don't think about fighting. Ordinary horses probably won't be able to carry them. You have to change to a camel or a strong mule. Row.

The gilt-carved armor in Zhang Nan's hand is large, the steel plate is actually not thick, and the craftsmanship is very superb, the steel quality is very good, the whole set is estimated to be about 30 kilograms.

If the boss of this level wears it, and has received actual knight training from an early age, it is estimated that he is also a European hero of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance...

But people don’t want to try it. The crotch of this knight’s body plate armor will not be protected by hard plate armor, but how to look at it—it hurts—the fresh words brought by Zhang Nan, people around you have heard of it. pass.

After Guan Xingquan finished talking about this change, he himself laughed, probably thinking of the situation in which he put on this armor, and thought it must be very interesting.

Seeing him also laughed, Zhang Nan smiled again here and said: "Don't really try?"

"Besides, I'm wearing it for ghosts here? None of us knows how to wear it. I don't understand if I want to wear this stuff."

Guan Xingquan makes sense: he has visited some European museums and castles before, and he has also seen many knight armors. Although most of those armors are not this gorgeous, but when I first looked at it, I said that the knights had to wear an armor to help them, and even that would take ten minutes, which was very laborious.

Moreover, a set of knight's plate armor is composed of many accessories, and none of them know how to do it. This fixed method and the order of wearing have to be studied slowly, and this will not have that effort.

As for the egg-it hurts...

Just watching.

Looking at the cold knight's armor, it is inevitable that there will be "egg-egg sadness". There are many armor-like boxes in this carriage, and a few of them are even golden when they are opened.

If there are a few pieces of armor that are not carefully distinguished, at first glance you will not believe that they are made of steel sheet metal, because the surface of the armor parts uses a complicated double process of gilding and embossing, plus a small amount of brass and gold materials. , The whole set of armor was resplendent.

Several people took a closer look, and found some inconspicuous marks on several sets of armor, which should represent the identity of the master craftsman and the owner of the armor. Zhang Nan couldn't understand these symbols, but they could also tell that the original owners of these armors should be all dignitaries, either the king or the duke or marquis.

The full-body knight's plate armor was valuable from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. Such a gorgeous and top-quality goods are not affordable for ordinary knights or even ordinary little nobles.

At that time, under the Roman Empire of the Holy Spirit, there were many small countries, and in the Armor Museum of Graz, there are still many armors with this background.

The armor of this carriage is the essence of the museum's collection, and the identity of the original owner is definitely not simple.

An offensive sword is indispensable for defensive armor.

There are medieval and Renaissance knight swords in the carriage, as well as stabbing swords that appeared later, but not many, compared to the amount of armor here.

Swords, in the eyes of those who withdrew these essence of ancient weapons, the value of swords cannot be compared with armor. As for these few handles, it may be because these cold weapons with emblems on their handles were once carried by an important person. arms.

Unfortunately, Zhang Nan didn't understand this. Ancient European heraldry studies are extensive and profound. If you want to understand it, you will probably have an expert. I don't know if the two connoisseurs who serve him can recognize it.

Zhang Nan is not interested in European swords. The knight sword, which has evolved to deal with armor, does not conform to his own aesthetics. The stabbing sword is even more annoying. At first glance, he thinks of a duel and directly ignores "The Three Musketeers". The chic inside.

The difference between Eastern and Western civilizations is not cold to the low-intensity, effective, and life-threatening combat techniques of simple assassination, and they are not part of the national fencing team.

But before leaving this car, the last big box Liu Wendong pried open made Zhang Nan very happy-not only he was happy, but Xiang Weirong and Guan Xingquan looked happy too!

Good stuff!

Something that all three people like!

Knife, good knife, really top good knife!

This is a big box of knives, not traditional European knives (if there are traditional knives in Europe, they always like to use swords.), the scabbards are all there, and there is a simple bag of cloth on the outside, and some are even wrapped in two newspapers. Next improvise.

The packaging used as a protection is simple, and it can be seen that there is not enough time to pack, but the scabbards are very gorgeous, inlaid with gold and silver, and many are also inlaid with a lot of gems.

Guan Xingquan took out a handle from the box, slowly drew the knife out of its sheath, saw clearly behind the knife and said, "Damascus!"

He was talking about the meaning of traditional authentic Damascus pattern steel, the perfect combination of ancient powder metallurgy and forging technology: the pattern is formed naturally, unlike folded steel, which is made by folding and forging materials with different properties.

Any real Damascus steel knife is a treasure in the hands of cold weapons enthusiasts and collectors, and the price of fine products can easily exceed the same weight of gold!

This will close the handle in the hands of the boss, just a few glances like this can feel that it is a boutique in the boutique!

Pretty!

Zhang Nan took the knife from Guan Xingquan and ignored the scabbard decorated with a lot of precious stones and gold, but admired the pattern on the knife.

The carriage is illuminated by portable battery lights. This will be accompanied by a flashlight to keep a close look. Looking at the eyes is a little tired, Zhang Nan said in a smooth way: "It is awkward to pull a wire in as soon as possible."

The electric lighting in the tunnel is just a few kilowatts, which is more comfortable than it is now, just the power of the electric oven in the hotel.

After watching for a while, Zhang Nan said to the people on the side: "This is authentic Indian Uzi steel."

After establishing friendship with the Tuwang family in India and receiving Uzi steel knives as a gift, Zhang Nan studied pattern steel for a few days: modern Damascus pattern steel is not all Uzi steel, most of which are folded and forged. Typed out.

The authentic Uzi steel is a kind of crucible smelting ultra-high carbon steel with a carbon content of 1.5% to 2%. It is a cast smelting steel, not similar to the forged pattern steel of Bai Steel during the Han and Tang Dynasties. It has a pattern in itself.

From the 6th to the 5th centuries BC, smelters in Hyderabad (the Hyderabad in Pakistan, not Hyderabad in India today, the big city with this name has both countries) began to smelt Uzsteel. It was exported in large quantities to Persia and even ancient Egypt.

The smelting method of Uzi Steel is very special. The black manganese ore, bamboo charcoal and certain plant leaves are sealed in a ceramic furnace and burned and heated.

When these raw materials are melted, a mass of metal will be formed, which is then repeatedly melted and cooled four or five times, and finally smelted into metal **** weighing about one or two kilograms.

Uzi steel metal **** made in India are not equivalent to Damascus steel. These metals have been sold to Damascus for two thousand years. After Damascus is forged into Damascus steel knives, it is called Damascus steel.

When the Medieval Crusades, Europeans saw this weapon of their opponents, they thought that this high-quality weapon was made from materials near Damascus~www.readwn.com~ so there was the "Damascus steel". statement.

In fact, what modern people say about Damascus steel can be divided into three types. The first type is cast-type Damascus steel, which is the most traditional and authentic Uz steel.

Crucible casting and low-temperature forging have better elasticity than carbon steel under the same hardness conditions after quenching. It is the best steel in the era of cold weapons.

Zhang Nan judged with his eyes that the blade of this knife was authentic Uzi steel, because it has the biggest feature of Uzi steel knife: the pattern is never continuous!

The second type of Damascus steel in the modern sense is forged Damascus steel. In addition to China’s hundreds of steelmaking, the popularity of forged Damascus steel in other parts of the world is also related to the Third Reich: The Nazis used folding methods for forging during World War II. A variety of commemorative swords and sabers were played. After the defeat, these swords became trophies and spread all over the world, causing the popularity of forging craftsmanship.

Because the material can be selected freely and the pattern can be designed, this type of Damascus steel has many variations, so it is welcomed, and its pattern is continuous.

The third type is machine-made Damascus steel, which is laminated steel.

Multi-layer rolled steel, thin lines of different metal layers can be seen on the blade surface. There are also patterns on the rolls. The materials are carbon steel, stainless steel, and Swedish powder steel. Different rolls can produce different patterns.

For collectors, the first type of casting Damascus steel was Uzi steel, and that was the real Damascus steel!

As for Huaxia's hundred steelmaking, because it is a series of inheritance, it can not be called Damascus steel. It is a craft handed down by the ancestors of China, and has nothing to do with Damascus!

It is not surprising that there are weapons from the Arab world in the Armor and Weapons Museum in Europe. The two sides have fought hundreds of wars for thousands of years, and it is normal for each other to win and lose, and to seize each other.

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