Chapter 197 Cutting stones

The old man still had some speculation in his heart that Zhang Can might be a descendant of a carpenter's family and was familiar with wood, so he could recognize so many woods. But no matter how familiar it is, there are woods that he cannot see, which have disappeared or extremely precious woods. This young man is unlikely to recognize!

The two small pieces of wood he took out are basically impossible to see on the market and extremely precious wood. Because it is precious, he has never carved them into works, but it is just treasured. Now it is naturally difficult to take them out. It is to see if he has real talent and knowledge, or can only recognize them after seeing them in the family environment. At this time, the old man just wanted to try Zhang Can to see if he could recognize them. As for his stone, he naturally had to cut it for him.

Zhang Can took two small pieces of wood into his hand. Although it was very small, he felt heavy on his hand. These two small pieces of wood were very large.

After the old man took it out, a faint fragrance floated in the store. Zhang Can smiled, raised one of the pieces, and said to the old man: "This piece is light red and brown in color, looks slightly shiny, with black and white texture, interlaced in depth, and symmetrical in structure, and hard and heavy in weight. This is a piece of Indian ebony."

The old man opened his mouth and couldn't close it. Although he knew that it was very likely that Zhang Can would not be difficult, he didn't expect that Zhang Can easily recognize the wood, but there was still the last piece left, which was also something that the old man had put in the box. I wonder if Zhang Can still recognize it.

Zhang Can saw that the old man was really surprised and didn't say anything. He immediately took another piece of small wood to his eyes, looked at it, then sniffed it again, smelling the faint fragrance, and then said: "The pores on this piece of material are not very thin, and the color is a bit dark yellow. Well, this thin fragrance smell is 'drilled' into my nose. Look at the appearance of the piece of material, it seems to be fried in oil, but after I touched and held it, there was no mimeogram on my hand. I can be sure that this is a piece of Hainan agarwood."

The old man opened his mouth and couldn't speak. If this kind of thing is really recognized, it cannot be said to be a simple matter. Only a master with extremely high identification attainments in the collection industry has the ability to have the ability to have the ability to have such a young man. Where did he get the ability to have such a young man?

Before the old man could come back to his senses, Zhang Can said again: "Master, your agarwood is dark yellow in color and the texture is not very fine. It is not considered the best agarwood. If you are considered to have a level, it can only be considered a level 2, but it is also rare!"

The old man stayed for a while and couldn't help asking, "Little... Little brother, how can you recognize me from these things? What are you doing?"

Zhang Can smiled and said, "Master, I am an antique appraiser. I used to be in Jincheng. I just came to Beijing and I am not familiar with it. This is the first time I have come here on this street, which makes the master laugh!"

"No, your eyesight is very high, I'm not telling you that..." The old man waved his hand quickly, "I'm just curious. How can a young man as young as you know so much? It's hard to learn the skills well in antique appraisal!"

Of course, Zhang Can knew the old man’s mind. In the antique industry, young people cannot learn and do not have the patience to learn experience and skills. Moreover, the experience is particularly important for identification of antiques. That experience cannot be learned from books. Besides, learning from books is ultimately just a paper talk.

Smiling and saying, "Master, I'm just a little familiar with it. I'm not a master, and there's also..." As he said, he raised the black wood in his hand and said, "In fact, agarwood is called agarwood, which is somewhat misleading. agarwood is not a kind of wood. Unlike sandalwood, sandalwood is a real wood, but agarwood is a solid condensate made of a special resin and wood composition in the fragrant tree. In fact, the wood itself does not have any special fragrance, and the wood is relatively soft, such as Malay agarwood, Wanxiang tree, and Indian agarwood, which can all form agarwood. These trees produce

The more condensed fat is produced, the greater the density, and the better the quality formed. In ancient times, people did not have modern scientific instruments to identify it, so they used whether they could sink water to divide agarwood into different levels. If they sink, they would sink. It was considered the best grade of agarwood. In ancient times, it was called "sinking water fragrance". The half-floating and half-sinking one was called "stack fragrance". The one that was slightly watery and floated on the water surface was the worst. It was called "Huang Shuxiang". The master's piece could sink into water and was "sinking water fragrance". However, it could not be considered the best among agarwood, but it was also of great value, at least worth hundreds of thousands, and that piece of Indian ebony was only worth tens of thousands of dollars!"

Zhang Can said this clearly, and the old man's treasure was worth a lot. The old man became more and more surprised. He really took a look at it. He didn't say anything and thought that Zhang Can was really a master!

The old man was stunned and quickly invited Zhang Can to sit down, then said, "Little brother, hehe, I always think I have good eyesight, but I didn't expect that I would have a big fight today!"

After saying that, the old man put two pieces of wood back into the cabinet and locked it. Then he picked up his cell phone and dialed a phone number. After the phone was called, he said loudly: "Boss, fry me a portion of fatty sauerkraut with enough portions of fatty sauerkraut, and give me enough side dishes. Well... I'll send it here quickly. Old Wu's seal stall, don't send it wrong..."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Can smiled and said, "Master, will you disturb your meal time?"

Old Wu waved his hand and smiled, "What are you saying? I am a person who doesn't care about anything when I meet a confidant. For many years, I, Old Wu, have never met a person I like, let alone a young man like you. It's really rare. Today I will eat fat intestines and drink rice wine and have a good talk about antiques..."

Only then did Zhang Can realize that Old Wu's cry was about to entertain him, and immediately said, "Master, why are you so embarrassed? I just... just..."

"No need for anything, it's just not. Don't worry about your stone. I'll cut it for you as much as you want!" Old Wu responded with a smile, letting Zhang Can rest assured. Then he took the stone that Zhang Can gave him in his hand and looked at it, and then asked strangely: "Brother, with your eyesight skills, you shouldn't be able to take valuable things. What's so weird about this stone?"

At this time, Old Wu felt that the stone Zhang Can brought was not that simple, because the skill Zhang Can just revealed was really amazing. If Old Wu himself, if these things were not his, he had not obtained it with painstaking efforts, he might not have been able to recognize them completely. That is to say, his knowledge is not as good as Zhang Can, but you must understand that he has been dealing with wood and stone all his life. Zhang Can said that he is an antique appraiser, an antique appraiser, and he should be the best at antiques. It is really amazing to be able to learn such profound skills in wood!

So, Old Wu thought that although the stone Zhang Can looked like an ordinary stone on the outside, it probably had some mystery.

Zhang Can thought about it and felt that if he wanted to hide it, he would definitely not be able to hide it. So he admitted it generously, but if he pushed this to his skills, he would probably not think of anything else, and would only admire his skills.

"Haha, master, this stone looks like an ordinary stone, but I think it's a little different. This stone has skin, especially from the two white textures in the middle, the surface layer is blue and white, the texture is fine and dense, and the texture is from the outside to the inside. I think there may be jade inside this stone!"

"Is there any jade?" Old Wu was stunned. He knew that Zhang Can would not find an ordinary stone for no reason to cut it, but he didn't believe it. He had been dealing with wood and stone all his life. Now he is old and is not famous in the area of ​​the capital. However, decades ago, in the Jiangnan area, he was a famous figure. He hid in the capital because of some sad things and lived in the capital to carve seals. With his vision and skills, he had a deep understanding of jade, especially domestic nephrite. The stone as big as a fist given to him by Zhang Can in front of him was not seen in any way.

Of course, Old Wu did not dare to be 100% sure that Zhang Can's stone was really just an ordinary stone.

After looking for a while, Old Wu looked at the quartz clock on the wall and immediately said, "I'll cut this stone first. It won't take much time if I cut it a few times. The dish I ordered was to be delivered, and it would take half an hour. Why not cut it first, hahaha, come on, come and see me cut it."

Zhang Can did not refuse and immediately looked over and saw that the cutters of Lao Wutou were far from comparable to those of Jieyu Factory. After all, Lao Wutou is not a professional jade carving maker. He is good at and likes domestic nephrite, especially Tian Huangshi, which is known as the "King of Seal Stones". If it were Lao Wutou in the past, there were several top-quality Tian Huangshi in his collection. However, after hiding his name in the capital, he was left with only one skill. However, it took too long and was far away from the north. Nowadays, few people still recognize the Southern Eagle King Wu Guan, known as the "King of North and South Carvings" back then!

Lao Wu fixed the stone, aimed the small cutting knife at the drawing line on the stone, then turned on the power supply on the cutting knife, and slowly and steadily cut it.
Chapter completed!