Japanese Art Sword
Polisher Photos by David Hofhine
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Examining the uchigumori stones.
Left to right: Chris Bowen authority on Japanese swords, Sugiura
Masayoshi expert Japanese sword polisher and sayashi, David Hofhine.
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Our excellent translator Miki (Mrs. Bowen), Sugiura, myself.
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Sugiura at work.
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