Sword Polishing

Sword Polishing Technical Apprentice 200 hours Requires Blade Etiquette Counts as two skills at character creation This highly specialized art is what gives master swordsmiths their good name. When the blade comes from the firing/folding processes it is still rather crude (much like the jokes you're thinking). The sword polisher hones the edge and polishes it to its customary shiny finish. The sword polisher is the one who adds the grip as well as decorative engraving. This skill is unnecessary for standard weapons—which are usually quite adequate without special polishing—but this is what turns an ordinary blade into a deadly work of art. In the Killian Empire, the sword polisher is at least as highly regarded as the smith that forged the blade. No true warrior's katana is considered complete without this process—it is said to have no soul. This skill is necessary for many enchantments on swords.