Polishing is a critical step in finalizing a sword. When i say polishing, I don't mean sharpening. When the rough blade is completed, the swordsmith turns the blade over to a polisher called a togishi, a good polish can greatly improve the beauty of a blade, while a bad one can ruin the best of blades. In the old days, the togishi traditionally used three types of stone to polish a s...
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