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I'd say just like that: bbw/coti/nakayama

As I said I have heard jiganeinterpreted "mother-metal" mother/ earth sorta context; I supposed. In the welded state one might see the jigane giving birth to the edge metal; or the mother providing...

I thought it was the same kanji kane. As in jigane; mokume-gane. Ha is the Jp word for edge, the edge of nihonto is ha. But at least now you know what jigane means. :)

Jeff, as you are hearing, and agreeing I think a lot of your work is getting concentrated on the soft stuff. the hard stuff shows gray in slurry, but the soft (esp. true with the soft iron backing)...

Hmm? If you think about it Gents:
Let's say you must remove x from the edge to become sharp. what difference then does it make whether you spend 3 minutes on 1000 or 3 hours on 8000.

If you will...