As of (Monday, October 02, 2006)

Still in the basic shaping, ready to shape the nakago. Probably will go with a notare hamon and o-kissaki, maybe close to chu.

As of (Thursday, October 05, 2006)

Went with the extended chu-kissaki, and it turned out quite nicely, burnish is going very well, next stop is the nakago, then to the hamon, most likely a subtle notare.

As of (Friday, October 06, 2006)

Nakago is shaped shinogi-ji is burnished, the nakago jiri still needs to be decided, then the hamon and yasurime.