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Unread 12-10-2011, 05:46 PM   #11
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Thanks for the laugh..............
Don't see why you should laugh...Japanese swordmakers have used urine to temper their swords for thousands of years...

Early European swordsmakers who worked in bronze used an as-yet-unknown medium to temper bronze swords to hold an edge...Modern metallurgists have yet to find the medium used, but urine from various animals was tried and produced interesting results...
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