After finishing Shita-gitae with three types of steel, Tamahagane (literally "jeweled steel"), Sentetsu (pig iron), and Hocho tetsu (literally "kitchen knife steel," pure iron), they are hammered using a Kozuchi (light hammer) again to make metal pieces, selected to produce the proper steel composition, they are stacked and formed like the first Tsumi wakashi.
玉鋼、銑鉄、包丁鉄の3種類の下鍛えが済めば再び小槌で叩いて鉄片にし、それぞれの鋼の配合が適切になるように選んで、1回目の積沸かしと同じく積み上げて溶かし固める。