Han's and his Mini Museum have done it again. He has provided us with an interesting, authentic, historical specimen that we can own. When Han's first started the mini museum, he curated the miniatures into a small solid block featuring 10 to 40 items. He has since moved on to individual specimens. The site is now selling tamahagane, a high-carbon, hardened steel used in Japanese bladesmithing. Tama translates to 'precious' and hagane means 'steel'.
Tamahagane was used to make swords, knives, daggers and other tools. It is made by firing iron sand at temperatures over 1,800 °F and mixing with charcoal to harden the metal with carbon to produce a mass of steel. Tamahagane has a beautiful jewel like appearance. You can read more about Tamahagane here.
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