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Kosuke KatoJapanese, born 1988
Katō Kōsuke employs the traditional methods of Japanese sword makers. He heats a steel ingot to a very high temperature and then repeatedly hammers it as the metal folds in on itself. Next he adds slivers of copper alloy and rehammers the surface to create intricate patterns.
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