Starting Off With A Blacksmith Workshop - Chapter 27

Chapter 27 Knife Type For Participation

“Sure, we’ll know the day after tomorrow. Let’s send the knives over now.”

I also buy some new equipment after I’ve collected the payment,

“After all, my blacksmith shop is still too small and the equipment is too backward,” Li Zhenhua replied to Guo Shugui.

The three of them sent the knife all the way to Green Real Estate’s purchasing department.

Everything went smoothly. After Li Zhenhua handed over the goods, the finance department of Green Real Estate quickly settled the bill for him.

On the way back, Li Zhenhua held the bank card he just obtained in his hand.

He looked at Liu Xiaodong, who was driving, and Guo Shugui, who was sitting beside him.

These two people were definitely not short of money, but it was a little unreasonable to let them work for half a month for nothing.

“Fatty, Guoba, I know the two of you aren’t short of money, but there’s something I have to say.

All this time you two have worked hard,

The two of you will get a share of the money earned this time. I won’t be specific. I’ll give you 20,000 yuan each. Don’t think of it as too little, please!”

After saying that, Li Zhenhua used his phone to transfer 20,000 yuan to each of them on WeChat.

Guo Shugui and Liu Xiaodong did not stop Li Zhenhua.

As the saying went, even blood brothers would settle scores. In this matter, the two of them agreed on this approach.

After all, they had also contributed and helped Li Zhenhua a lot.

They did not feel guilty about taking the 20,000 yuan.

Liu Xiaodong drove Li Zhenhua back to town. Then, Guo Shugui and him packed their things at the blacksmith shop and went home.

The two of them had been at work for two weeks, and it had certainly tired them out.

So now that they had a day to rest, they were still very happy.

Li Zhenhua waited until both of them returned home and sat alone at the counter on the first floor.

As he turned on the computer and searched, he wondered what knife shape he should use to participate in the preliminaries of the forging competition.

Photos of short knives flashed past Li Zhenhua’s eyes, but he couldn’t find a knife shape that suited his heart.

After much selection, Li placed his gaze on the Kukri Knife.

This style of knife is recognized as the most mechanically consistent recurve knife in the world,

This blade is also the national blade of Nepal, and an honorary symbol of the Gurkha soldiers,

Some people might not know what a Kukri Knife is, but most people knew what kind of knife a dog leg-shaped knife is.

It was a reverse-curved knife with a wider belly. The blade curved forward like a dog leg, which was where it got its name.

There is a V-shaped groove in the joint between the blade and the hilt, used in actual combat to direct blood flow,

In case it flowed to the handle of the knife, making the grip unsteady and preventing the hand from slipping.

And the blades were war-proven. The Gurkha mercenaries had made a name for themselves in the world with these curved blades.

Now that he had determined the shape of the knife, he began to determine how long a knife would be suitable.

After all, this was only the preliminaries. It would be a waste to build it too big and too good.

This time, Li Zhenhua planned to forge a dagger. The length was fixed at 25cm and the arc would be 17 degrees. This way, the blade would be short and easy to carry.

As for why he didn’t forge a machete, that was because 45cm was really too big.

Li Zhenhua drew the drawing of the knife with CAD on the computer.

The blade was very simple. There was no extra element added. It was what people often called a vegetarian blade.

With the next step of the plan set, Li Zhenhua felt much more relaxed. That night, he slept especially well.

The next day, Li Zhenhua woke up early as usual, but this time, he didn’t get up.

He’d also been busy for half a month, and he needed to rest. This was the first time he’d lazed in bed since he’d returned.

Li Zhenhua, after a good day’s rest, immediately put all his energy into it. Guo Shugui and Liu Xiaodong arrived on time at the blacksmith’s shop on this day.

This time, Guo Shugui was carrying a large bag. There was even a simple sketch of a single-lens reflex camera on it.

Li Zhenhua asked him directly, “Guoba, why are you carrying such a big bag? I didn’t see you carrying it when you came over previously!”

“Haha, you’re asking too much. Let me tell you, I came prepared this time.

I asked my father to loosen all the equipment for me, including two camera bodies,

one CANON R6, the other is CANON 1DX, I also prepared a lot of lens for all sorts of shots, be it long, fixed, zoom, wide angle, micro-distance.

This time I won’t have to worry about the image being unclear with very small objects.”

Li Zhenhua was speechless. Wasn’t this just recording the production process of the participating saber? Was there a need to be so professional?

Even though that was what he was thinking, Li Zhenhua couldn’t show it.

After all, it was for the best effect. Besides, the equipment belonged to him. He did not tell Guo Shugui how much he had to pay him.

Since Guo Shugui was ready, Li Zhenhua did not say anything else and let him do whatever he wanted.

“Fatty, Guoba, the knife shape I want to make this time is a Kukri Knife.

length fixed at 25 centimeters, angle 17 degrees, And I’ve thought it through. This time I’ll use the most basic materials, nothing else,

Use only pig iron and the Hundred Refinement Technique in the ancient way of folding and forging.”

Liu Xiaodong and Guo Shugui had been in the blacksmith shop for so long that they knew what the Hundred Refinement Technique was. They looked at Li Zhenhua at the same time.

“Come on, don’t be ridiculous,

You should know that any steel we can now buy on the market,

Can’t say any of them could be better than the patterned steel you folded and forged,

However, only one out of ten models would have a not-so-ideal patterned steel. We would be in luck.

That’s a lot of effort to make!”

Liu Xiaodong knew more about patterned steel and modern steel than Guo Shugui, so he immediately asked Li Zhenhua.

Faced with their doubts, Li Zhenhua thought for a moment. After organizing his words, he returned to them.

“I know that modern steel and materials science are better than the effects achieved by patterned steel, but the Forging Conference isn’t just about comparing saber data, right?

They even included the basic skills of blacksmiths. If we want to be unique, we shouldn’t be the same.

I wanted to challenge myself and see what the result would be of the knife I had forged by folding and forging.

This preliminaries was not only about the forging competition eliminating me, but also about whether I would participate in the forging competition.

He was choosing me, and I was choosing him,

If the forging contest only looks at the final effect and throws away the most fundamental thing a blacksmith has, then I might as well not go this time.”

“Have you thought about it?” Liu Xiaodong continued.

“Yes!” Li Zhenhua’s words revealed his determination.

Guo Shugui immediately opened Li Zhenhua’s bag after hearing that he had thought it through.

He prepared his camera equipment, and this time he planned to record it with multiple lenses.