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This sword might have been the perform of Anybody of such Ko-Hôki smiths. Examples of the work of all of these are extant right now. Typical factors within their workmanship really are a coarse mokume-hada, a jigane that appears dark, and the presence of both ji-nie and chikei. The hamon is ko-midare, consisting of a nie construction with kinsuji