Additionally, irauea has been used as the weft across the woven encasement and then used to bind and finish three other sections. Lengths of noko (coconut midrib) run parallel to each other along the edges of the blade. A series of drilled perforations have been made adjacent to the blade's edge. Kora (cordage of coconut sennit fibres) has been inserted and used for the purpose of lashing individual wii ni bakoa (sharks teeth) between lengths of noko on each side. Each wii ni bakoa portrays a circular drilled perforation through the central area. The lashing of kora through the drilled perforations of the blade show a stitched length from one perforation to the other in alternate patterns along the blades length. A coil of irauea has been bound over the blade and the lengths of the noko across the central area. As the spatulate shaped blade tapers towards a point at the top, a woven encasement that is of similar fashion to the one around its intersection between the handle and the blade has been applied to finish the top end. Fibrous pinnules of ira can be seen after the binding of irauea.