01-12-2013, 11:24 PM
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Splendidissimus pulvis could have been "diatomacius earth." That's what the white powder the Chinese are presently using looks like. I used diatomacius earth as an ingredient in pottery slip years ago. It's not particularly heathy stuff and can cause cancer if you breathe too much of it. I have some folded steel Chinese blades that are so polished they no longer show the pattern. You can only make it out by using a flash light in the dark.
Splendidissimus pulvis could have been "diatomacius earth." That's what the white powder the Chinese are presently using looks like. I used diatomacius earth as an ingredient in pottery slip years ago. It's not particularly heathy stuff and can cause cancer if you breathe too much of it. I have some folded steel Chinese blades that are so polished they no longer show the pattern. You can only make it out by using a flash light in the dark.
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb