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After the steel has been properly hardened, next is to shape the sword. This is where the process of tsukuri-komi (forming the sword)⇒sunobe (extending the materials to their intended length)⇒hizukuri (evening out the irregularities in the blade) takes place. In the process just mentioned, "sunobe," the now red-hot blade is struck. This is how the Japanese sword takes shape. Once the sword has taken shape, next the file (sensuki) is used for arashiage (rough finishing of the blade's shape) and tsuchioki (preparing the blade's temper pattern and the yaki-ire), after which comes "yaki-ire." Yaki-ire is the process in which the heated blade is suddenly submerged in water to cool it down quickly. At this stage the curve of the blade is formed. After yaki-ire, a file is used to inscribe the blade.