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Forming a
laminated blade involves 2
pieces of steel, the
jigane and the hagane. The
jigane refers to soft cladding, or skin, and
hagane refers to hard...
- fine
pattern on the
surface of the blade,
which is
referred to as hada or
jigane. By
repeatedly folding and
forging the blade, fine
patterns such as fingerprints...
- hard blade,
called hagane attached to a
softer piece of
metal called the
jigane. The oire nomi (追入れ鑿) is the most
usual type of ****anese chisel. The name...
- school.
Ayanokoji tachi are
slender with
small kissaki. The
jihada uses soft
jigane,
small mokume-hada
mixed with masame-hada,
abundant ji-nie,
yubashiri and...
-
determines the
distinctive grain pattern of the blade, the jihada, (also
called jigane when
referring to the
actual surface of the
steel blade) a
feature which...
- ko-itame-hada/ō-itame-hada. ji (地) – area
between the
ridge (shinogi) and the hamon.
jigane (地鉄) –
generally used to
refer to the
material of the blade.
jihada (地肌...
- Shin'i) "1 Minute" (1分, 1-Pun) "Extension" (延長, Enchō) "Vulnerable" (弱者, Jakusha) "True Character" (地金,
Jigane) "Inhuman" (非道, Hidō) "Temper" (機嫌, Kigen)...