This kind of purple-faced grape was a wood that was rarely seen in a hundred years. Otherwise, it would not be so expensive. Even among the four red sandalwood chairs in the Forbidden City, only this one was inlaid with purple grapes.
If this chair belonged to Ian and the Smiths, then Ian naturally did not have to worry about the raw materials. The system would make up for it for him.
However, this chair did not belong to Ian, nor could it belong to Ian. This chair was the common wealth of all of China.
He told the three elders about the problem he was facing. The three experts were also at a loss.
Even now, the slightly better gall wood was still considered precious wood. Moreover, due to its rarity, the price of gall wood was comparable to the rarest agarwood. In ancient times, the best gall wood was enough to exchange for gold of the same weight, not to mention the best among them, the purple-faced grapes.
Thinking of this, the three experts were a little desperate.
They had never expected that even though they had found the person who could repair this red sandalwood chair, they had no way to find the raw materials.
A chair like this that had been passed down from ancient times, once one was missing, it would be gone forever. However, according to the current state of this red sandalwood chair, if it was not repaired, it would probably be completely corroded in less than two years.
"Is there really no other way to repair it?”Zhang Hanmin was still unwilling to give up and asked Ian.
However, Ian did give her an idea."There is a way, but I'm afraid you won't accept it…"
Upon hearing this, the three elders 'eyes lit up. They asked Ian,"What is it?"
"This method is a little troublesome." Ian pondered for a moment and said," First, we have to find a nanmu gall. It just needs to be slightly larger than this inlaid piece. We don't have to worry about the pattern. Then, he would go and find some red sandalwood. If I want to repair it, I'll have to repair the red sandalwood on the outside of the panel. However, after the restoration, this chair may not be a complete cultural relic because it is made of the freshest wood. I hope you can understand.”
"We understand, we understand!" The three old men nodded frantically.
In fact, for these national cultural relics, the materials used for restoration were not that important. The important thing was to preserve their integrity. This was because these things had a deep history in China. They were not only cultural relics, but also represented that period of history.
When the materials arrived, Ian opened his toolbox. There were all kinds of knives used for carving-large knives, small knives, triangular knives, flat knives, shallow round knives, medium round knives, deep round knives…
These things were all used for carpentry.
He held the nanmu in his hand and measured the size of the inlaid board. Ian picked up the knife and began to process the nanmu gall.
As Ian danced with the knife in his hand, patterns gradually appeared on the nanmu.
And these patterns were exactly the same as the patterns on the inlaid board!
"Amazing! The streamer's craftsmanship is invincible!"
"It's been a few days since I saw the streamer show off. I really miss her!”
"This movement is as smooth as flowing water. It's so comfortable to watch!”
"My obsessive-compulsive disorder has been cured by the host.”
……
The three old men stared intently at Ian's hand, wanting to see what technique Ian was using.
As time passed, a piece of nanmu gall the size of a small watermelon slowly turned into a thin plate in Ian's hand. On this thin plate, there were clusters of patterns that looked like grapes. It looked especially pleasing to the eye.
After processing the nanmu gall, Ian picked up the red sandalwood and began to gesture around the red sandalwood chair.
After he was done, Ian raised his knife and cut a large piece of red sandalwood into pieces of different sizes. Then, Ian pieced them together. It was a red sandalwood chair with a waist.
This rosewood chair was no different from the one the three old men had brought from the Forbidden City. Other than the fact that it was not painted and was extremely fresh, it was no different.
Whether it was the size or the appearance, if they had not seen with their own eyes that this red sandalwood chair was made by Ian, they would have thought that it was also moved out of the Forbidden City.
Ian placed the finished gall wood on the red sandalwood chair and nodded in satisfaction."Almost!"
He took out a small bottle of specially prepared wood paint from his toolbox and made the color of the gall wood the same as the red sandalwood chair without concealing the patterns. Then, he began to work on the original red sandalwood chair.
He touched the red sandalwood chair with his hand. When he raised his hand, the gall board in his hand was gone. In its place was a piece of gall board that looked like it would break at the touch. It was covered in holes.
He casually handed the gall wood board to Liao Junba, who was beside him. Su Ye lowered his head and began to repair the other parts of the red sandalwood chair, leaving the three elders dumbfounded.
"Can you understand how he did it?”
"I don't understand…what about you?"
"I don't understand either!"
"Hey, Xiaoyan, come here!" Bao Fuan waved at Yan Guangrui,"Do you understand?"
"No…I didn't see his hand movements clearly…" Yan Guangrui shook his head in distress.
Jing Pengfei, who was at the side, frowned and said his discovery,"When he touched the red sandalwood chair just now, I don't know if it was my illusion, but I felt that the chair seemed to have become a little loose. But when he changed the wooden planks, I didn't have this feeling anymore…"
Ian, who was repairing other parts and painting them, could not help but look up at Jing Pengfei. He nodded and praised,"This is not an illusion. When I touched this chair, I had already started to disassemble it. Although the splitting wasn't large, it was enough for me to replace the gall wood board.”
Hearing Ian's praise and explanation, the three elders looked at Jing Pengfei with joy.
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