Hoʻohālikelike ʻia kēia pahu pahu me ka mīkini stranding frame a me ka mīkini stranding fork, nona ke ʻano kūpono a me ka ʻenehana ʻili niho paʻakikī. He kiʻekiʻe ke kiʻekiʻe o ka mīkini, ka hoʻouna maʻalahi, ka leo haʻahaʻa, a me ka hiki ke lawe kiʻekiʻe ma hope o ka carburizing, quenching, a me ka wili. Loaʻa iā ia ʻeono mau wikiwiki puka maikaʻi a maikaʻi ʻole a me kahi kūlana kū ʻole. ʻO ka ratio maʻamau maʻamau: 1.19 a me 1.12, hiki ke hoʻoponopono ʻia ka huina hoʻokele holoʻokoʻa e ka mea hana maʻamau i loko o kēia pahu pahu.
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