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  1. GregD
    There is a reference to torjiru in Kapps book "The Craft of the Japanese Sword"....rubbing two pieces of uchigumori together and used with prepaired hazuya to aid in starting the polish on a sword.In discussion with a Japanese friend what the term meant it was that simple ....Juice.
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    Oil quenched Showato.
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    A section of the blade..
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    Wrap may be correct...
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    Have seen this on a number of Nagamitsu blades,forge welded nakago.A way to conserve tamahagane.
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    AmaHide,WW2 era,usually forged.oil quenched.
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    YoshiSada
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    Had this for a while,think this smith(KaneMune) is associated with AmaHide,clearly hada but oil quenched,I always assumed it was barstock.
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    Ishido TeruHide
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    Hattori MasaHiro
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    According to Fuller&Gregorys there is a variety of stainless(rust resistant) blade that has a selectively heat treated edge(hamon)I have seen only two of them in 34 years.
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    Same style tsuka...
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    Nugui is the physical process,something from Sword Forum....http://www.swordforum.com/forums/showth ... inquiries-)
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    The typical "wax" used on a shirasaya is Ibota,the same material used in mikagi(burnishing)described as the waxy excretion of a variety of cicada.It is rubbed on briskly after applied with a soft cloth and a bit of pressure.The sayagaki (if traditional ink is used)will probably not survive this.Just best off storing it safely as others have said.
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    Two to compare,and ill'e agree with Malcolm about a questionable origin.
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    Any pics of the blade?Most of the swords ive either owned or seen by him are oil tempered but folded and have some interesting hada.
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    3 http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i47 ... 371fd8.jpg
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    ...run the other way!
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    I remember someone saying something about black nail polish for chips a while back.I know a popular sayashi that uses piano lacquer.
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