Chapter 0611 – Cutting Iron Like Clay (II)

The maintenance of antique swords and knives is also very delicate, not even under the painting and calligraphy.

Generally speaking, many sword collectors like to use rust remover oil, but for weapons before the Song Dynasty, especially the wrong gold and silver swords, once the rust remover oil enters into the crevices, it will expand, and then will destroy the original structure.

According to Huangfu Yun’s experience, after grinding the sword, it is best to often wipe, do not use any agent with chemicals to smear, it is best not to play in the case of the use of vacuum packaging machine, to put a layer of clothing to the sword.

After listening to Huangfu Yun’s narration, Zhuang Rui also grew a lot of knowledge, but these two swords and knives, the ringed head sword is not worth much, while the other one, but does not need to go to the polishing.

“Elder brother Zhuang, you haven’t said where that batch of samurai swords are fake?”

Huangfu Yun although the heart also have eight or nine points that the batch of samurai swords is fake, but he came from the appearance, indeed and really the same, this does not understand, the heart is always a lump.

Zhuang Rui smiled and said, “Brother Huangfu, let me ask you, this sword more than 500 years ago, if the quality is so good, is it necessary to often wipe?”

Huangfu Yun replied, “That’s for sure, before there was no vacuum packaging, it should be wiped at least once every three to five days, I just look at the abrasion marks on that sheath, like it was caused by too much wiping.”

“Well, wiping it once every three to five days to last for 500 years shows that the owner must have valued this batch of samurai swords very highly… Brother Huangfu, think about it, would the owner be unaware of the value of this batch of swords? Would it be so easily acquired by that store owner?”

Zhuang Rui laughed loudly at the words and pressed, “Brother Huangfu, we can make a bet, you will have already bought two swords to do the carbon 14 test, if it is true, and then go to buy the other ones is not too late.”

Japan and Europe and the United States have a lot of contact, antique sword collection, also from the rise of Europe and the United States, if the Japanese family wants to sell this batch of samurai swords, the first choice is definitely Europe and the United States auction house, this is undoubtedly, so from this point, almost can be deduced from this batch of samurai swords of the authenticity of the fake.

Huangfu Yun thought carefully about what Zhuang Rui said, the more he thought about it, the more it made sense, and finally stood up, bowed to Zhuang Rui, and said: “Zhuang old brother, listening to the words of the king is better than reading ten years of books ah! Huangfu is ashamed ……”

Huangfu Yun on the sword antiques research is deep not true, but he is more from the technical level to study, just now the antiques forged, precisely can be done to fake the real, technology is almost impeccable.

This is also Huangfu Yun did not systematically learn the cause of antique appreciation, appreciation of antiques, not only from the professional point of view, but also from the collector as well as the seller’s words to look for cracks, because now the counterfeiting technology is too realistic, a lot of high imitation of the object, it is really very difficult to recognize.

And Zhuang Rui’s words, is to guide Huangfu to go from the most basic common sense to infer, then the story told by the shopkeeper, also not broken.

“Grandma, put foreigners do not cheat, cheat me this own people ……”

Huangfu Yun after figuring out the situation, hatefully cursed, but eyes a turn, said, “I bought those two are also considered high imitation, turn back in a few days I bring out of the country, see if I can go on an auction in London ……”

“That’s okay?”

Zhuang Rui was Huangfu Yun said froze, but the sale of fake to foreign countries, Zhuang Rui is hands up, he had this idea earlier, if not poor hands, Zhuang Rui would like to do a few Mona Lisa put out to sell, of course, just think about it.

“Hey, foreigners, those appraisers, not much examination of the cultural background, only believe in the instrument and their own eyes, these two objects should be in the bottom of the auction price of 50,000 U.S. dollars or so, it is estimated that will not do the carbon fourteen appraisal, anyway, take it over to the mask, maybe it can be it!”

Huangfu Yun heatedly laughed, these years he is in each country’s auction house in search of antique swords, sometimes also sell some collections, and some appraisers are very familiar with this still have a few points of certainty.

Zhuang Rui laughed and said: “This is good! If you have a channel, the domestic fake things a lot to go, are the whole out to sell to foreigners to go …….”

“This thing is just an occasional thing, it’s a toss-up whether it’s a success or not!” Huangfu Yun can not dare to make a promise.

“Well, do not talk about this, brother Huangfu, you look at another sword!”

Zhuang Rui also knows that this is not that simple, otherwise the domestic counterfeiters, would have already extended their tentacles out.

In fact, Zhuang Rui do not know, now is abroad, that is also filled with a large number of Chinese fakes antiques, the root cause is the last few years to go abroad to taobao more people, counterfeiters, counterfeiters, but also exported a lot of “modern crafts” to Europe and the United States.

Most people at home, think that foreign cultural relics must be real, based on this psychology, many people buy antiques to bring back to the country, in fact, ultimately buy the stuff, or fake things.

“Okay, I’ll take a look at this sword first ……”

Domestic collection of antique swords and knives is really too few people, Huangfu Yun today feels that he has encountered a soulmate, and at that moment picked up that bronze sword and looked at it again.

“This should be a bronze sword before the Qin and Han Dynasties, but why is the rust on this instead of the copper rust, I can’t see it.”

After observing it for half a day, Huangfu Yun, full of doubts, handed over the bronze sword, which was about two feet long, to Zhuang Rui’s hand.

After hearing Huangfu Yun’s words, Zhuang Rui was also secretly impressed, he did not notice this before, just slightly confused in his heart, not knowing why underneath the rust, the bronze sword’s lines would be so clear, listening to Huangfu Yun say this, Zhuang Rui’s heart only brightened up.

“Hehe, Huangfu brother, today let you see a supreme sword ……”

Zhuang Rui had a bottom in his heart, and at that moment, he let Zhao Hanxuan bring a file, and a roll of gauze over.

“Zhuang old brother, you won’t just ……”

See Zhuang Rui holding a file, in the sword hilt scraped up, Huangfu Yun look is dumbfounded, he also repaired a lot of antique swords, but like Zhuang Rui dry so unskilled, he is still the first time to see.

And for Zhuang Rui said the world’s most valuable sword, Huangfu cloud is scoffing, are rusted into this, even if grinding out, that is no longer sharp.

“It’s fine, you see!”

Zhuang Rui didn’t use a file to polish the sword body as Huangfu Yun thought, but after cleaning the rust at the hilt, he used gauze to wrap around the copper handle of the sword in a circle, making a simple hilt that could be gripped in the hand.

Behind Zhuang Rui’s action, let Huangfu Yun and Zhao Hanxuan feel strange, because Zhuang Rui holding that file, gently to the body of the sword knocked up, the force is not big, every few inches long, Zhuang Rui will gently knock a moment, due to the rust is almost covered with the sword, so the sound is very dull.

Zhao Hanxuan at least is also in the circle, after watching Zhuang Rui’s behavior, couldn’t help but say: “boss, you don’t think that by knocking a little bit, the rust will come off, right? Then this sword is definitely a famous sword of the fish gut category.”

“Yeah! Zhanlu, Juque, Hao Cao, Pure Jun, Longquan, these famous swords, on the other hand, can not be corroded, but this one ……”

Huangfu Yun also shook his head, obviously not very optimistic about this sword in Zhuang Rui’s hands.

“Uncorruptible and immortal? Impossible, right?”

Zhuang Rui raised his head, asked in surprise, in his consciousness, again good swords and knives out of the ground, are broken copper and iron, iron and copper easy to rust, this is the band knowledge, the world every year there are tens of millions of tons of iron was corroded and turned into waste.

“Of course it can not be corrupted, this you do not know?”

Huangfu Yun see Zhuang Rui shaking his head, only to realize that in front of this is an outsider, and then said: “In Jiangling County, Hubei Province, Wangshan No. 1 Chu Tomb, was unearthed in the ‘Yue Wang Gou Tramp Self-acting Sword and Knife’, you know, right?”

Zhuang Rui which know this ah? At the moment shook his head, Huangfu Yun continued, “This sword is buried underground at least 2400 years, but when unearthed, but no rust, sword engraved with the ‘Yue Wang Goujian self-acting sword’ eight words, clearly visible, sword inlaid with glaze, sword lattice part of the smooth patterns Also no damage at all. The blade of the sword is as sharp as ever, as if the two thousand years of time is just a moment, the oxygen that fills the earth does not play a role in it …….”

In fact, not only the Goujian sword and knife in the tomb of the King of Chu, but also the bronze sword and knife of the Spring and Autumn Period unearthed under the tower of Longquan Ji Shengtan, and the bronze sword and knife of the same period excavated on the site of Tight Water Beach in Yunhe County, are also intact.

The tomb of Qin Shi Huang in Xi’an, in which a sword was unearthed, known as the Qin King’s Treasure Sword, which, in turn, further proved the superiority of China’s ancient sword-casting skills.

At that time the unearthed tomb pit dark and damp, about 5 to 6 meters from the ground, the tomb soil permeated with water, it is in such a place long sleep has been up to 2,000 years, but when unearthed, but the body is bright, cold light, with it cutting paper, a cut through a dozen, sharp.

“I shit, really have this?”

Zhuang Rui although the language with doubt, but know that this thing can not be false, because a check can know, mainly because he used to be too little attention to the antique sword unearthed news, this is not to blame Zhuang Rui, he learned antique appreciation, full of just a year’s time, which can be factual clear ah?

“Earned a lot, grandmother, this time really earned a lot.”

Zhuang Rui at this time to look at the hands of the bronze sword, eyes full of hot color, if according to Huangfu Yun said, those famous sword are not corrupted and immortal, then their hands of this bronze sword, most likely with dry general, Moxie, dragon abyss, fish intestines and so on the sword, is the same level.

Continue in the bronze sword circumference knocked nearly 20 minutes later, Zhuang Rui stopped his hand, very mysterious to Huangfu Yun and Zhao Hanxuan smiled, said: “two, look good! I’ll do a magic trick for you ……”