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Interesting facts...
That is an amazing skill, as far as I know it takes around 30+ years to complete the apprenticeship in Japan. In the days of the Samurai, if a warrior's sword broke in battle it was legal and customary for the Samurai or a member of his family to return to the swordmaker and forcibly insert the peices of the broken sword into the swordmaker's anus, I imagine quality control was a major interest of the swordmaker.
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