Guide to Japanese Tools

Factors affecting the orientation of radial and tangential sections when installing oak chisel handles — Wood shear strength parallel to the grain Last month I had Mr. Tsuchida Noboru install a few...

Guide to Japanese Hammers

Japanese Ana-daiku hammer handle size by Tsuchida Ichiro I created a pdf file based on the information in the book for printing. The picture below is a preview. If you print on A3 size paper, the i...

Kokatana - Japanese woodworking knives

The origin of Kensaki Knife The origin of Kensaki is related to a Tokyo carpenter named Nomura Sadao(野村貞夫). When he came to work in the Kansai region of Japan before World War II, he saw local carp...

Guide to Japanese Chisels

Size Length ▼ —— · —— Thickness ▼ —— · —— I have made a pdf of the chisel sizes recorded in this book, click below to download. Download：The dimensions of the chisel come from 『 Edo Blacksmi...