Start with a blacksmith shop

"Okay, we'll find out the day after tomorrow. Let's go and send all the knives over now.

After I collect the money, I will also buy some new equipment.

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

The three of them sent the knife all the way to Lu's real estate purchasing department. With Guo Shugui present,

Everything was handled smoothly. After Li Zhenhua delivered the goods, Green Real Estate's finance department quickly settled the account for him.

On the way back, Li Zhenhua held the bank card he had just applied for.

Looking at Liu Xiaodong who was driving and Guo Shugui sitting next to him, although he knew,

These two people are definitely not short of money, but it is a bit unreasonable to let people work for him for half a month in vain.

"Fat man, Guo Ba, I know you two are not short of money, but there is something I must say.

You two have worked hard these days,

The money earned this time will be divided between the two of you. I won’t be specific about it. I’ll give you 20,000 per person. Don’t think it’s too little! "

After Li Zhenhua finished speaking, he used his mobile phone to transfer 20,000 yuan to each of them on WeChat.

Guo Shugui and Liu Xiaodong heard what Li Zhenhua said and did not stop Li Zhenhua.

As the saying goes, brothers settle scores. The two of them agreed on this approach.

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

They had no regrets in taking the 20,000 yuan.

Liu Xiaodong drove Li Zhenhua back to the town, then he and Guo Shugui packed up their things at the blacksmith shop, and then returned home.

The two of them have been working for half a month, which really makes them very tired.

So now they have a day to rest, and they are very happy.

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

I turned on my computer and searched, thinking about what knife shape I should use to participate in the preliminary round of the knife forging competition.

Pictures of daggers passed through Li Zhenhua's eyes, but he could never find a knife shape that suited his liking.

After much selection, Li Zhenhua set his sights on the Gurkha Scimitar.

This style of knife is recognized as the most mechanically correct kukri knife in the world.

This sword is also the national sword of Nepal and a symbol of honor for Gurkha soldiers.

When it comes to the Gurkha scimitar, some people may not know what it is, but when it comes to the dog-leg knife, most people know what kind of knife it is.

It is a kind of kukri knife with a wide belly and a blade that bends forward like a dog leg. It is also called a dog leg knife.

There is a V-shaped groove at the connection between the blade and the handle, which is used to divert blood in actual combat.

To prevent it from flowing to the handle of the knife, making the person holding it unstable, and preventing the hand from slipping.

Moreover, this kind of knife is also a war-proven knife type. Gurkha mercenaries used this scimitar to make a name for themselves in the world.

Now that the knife shape has been determined, he begins to determine the appropriate length of the knife.

After all, this is just the preliminaries. It would be a waste to build something too big and too good.

This time Li Zhenhua planned to make a dagger, with a length of 25cm and a curvature of 17 degrees, so that the blade would be short and easy to carry.

As for why we didn’t make a machete, it’s because 45cm is too big.

Li Zhenhua used CAD to draw the drawing of the knife on the computer.

The blade is very simple, with no extraneous elements added, which is what people often call a plain sword.

After the next plan was decided, Li Zhenhua felt much more relaxed. He slept very soundly that night.

The next day, Li Zhenhua woke up very early as before, but this time he didn't get up.

He has been busy for half a month, and he also needs to rest. This is the first time he has stayed in bed since he came back.

After a good rest for the day, Li Zhenhua started a new day.

Immediately putting all their energy into it, Guo Shugui and Liu Xiaodong must have arrived at the blacksmith shop on this day.

This time Guo Shugui was carrying a big bag with a simple drawing of a SLR on it.

Li Zhenhua asked him directly: "Guo Ba, why are you carrying such a big bag? When you came here before, I didn't see you taking it!"

"Haha, you're asking, I'm telling you, I came prepared this time.

I asked my dad to loosen all the equipment for me, including two of them.

An R6 that will always move you, and a 1DX that will always move you.

In the meantime, I also prepared a lot of lenses, including everything you need for shooting, including telephoto, fixed focus, zoom, wide-angle, and macro lenses.

This time I don’t have to worry about unclear pictures taken with that little thing. "

Li Zhenhua felt speechless in his heart. Isn't this just a recording of the making process of the competition knife? Is it necessary to be so professional?

Even though he said this in his heart, Li Zhenhua couldn't show it.

After all, they wanted the best results, not to mention that the equipment belonged to them, and he didn't tell Guo Shugui how much he would pay them.

Now that Guo Shugui was ready, Li Zhenhua didn't say anything more and let him do everything.

"Fat man, Guo Ba, the type of knife I want to make this time is the Gurkha scimitar.

The length is set at 25 centimeters and the angle is 17 degrees.

And I also thought about it, this time I will use the most basic ingredients, without adding anything else.

Use only pig iron, without anything else, to practice a hundred-refined sword using the ancient method of folding and forging. "

Liu Xiaodong and Guo Shugui had been in the blacksmith shop for such a long time. They also knew what Bai Lian Dao was. They looked at Li Zhenhua at the same time.

"No, can you please stop making trouble?

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

I can’t say that any of them is better than the patterned steel you fold and forge.

But among the ten models, there is only one that is worse than pattern steel, so we are very fond of it.

This is a thankless task! "

Liu Xiaodong knew more about pattern steel and modern steel than Guo Shugui, and immediately raised questions to Li Zhenhua.

Facing the two people's doubts, Li Zhenhua thought for a while, organized his words, and then faced them back.

"I know that modern steel and material science can achieve better results than pattern steel, but the knife forging conference is not just about comparing knife data, right?

They also take into account the basic skills of blacksmithing. If we want to be unique, then we shouldn't be the same.

I wanted to challenge myself and see what the result would be like if I made a knife using the folding and forging method.

This preliminary round is not only eliminating me from the Knife Forging Competition, but it is also a two-way choice for me whether I will participate in the Forging Competition.

He is choosing me, and I am choosing him,

If the knife-forging competition only focuses on the final effect and throws away the most fundamental things of a blacksmith, then I might as well not go there this time. "

"Have you thought about it?" Liu Xiaodong continued to ask.

"Think about it!" Li Zhenhua's words revealed his firmness.

Guo Shugui immediately opened his bag after hearing Li Zhenhua say he had thought about it.

He had all his camera equipment ready, and this time he planned to use multiple lenses to record.