Antique Japanese <i>Yoroi tanto</i> showing the grain or pattern of the steel <i>hada</i> and the tip of the point <i>kissaki</i>.  The  flamboyant <i>hada</i> is of the <i>ayasuji</i> type and the temper line <i>hamon</i> is of the <i>suguha</i> type.
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