Azebiki Noko Japanese Hand Saw - 120mm

Smith name: 朝倉貞直( Asakura Sadanao，From Shinshu, another major producing area of Japanese hand saws)

Steel: Carbon Steel

Cutting edge length: 120mm

Total length: 458mm 

Blade thickness: about 0.5mm

Weight: 104g

Blade sharpening and adjusting: ウエガキ鋸工作所(Uegaki saw factory, a workshop in Nara)

Manufacture Era: Before 1980s（according to collector’s memory)

Accessories: -

Additional Information: Used, in good condition. It comes from a retired carpenter in Osaka. The blade has been used a few times since sharpening, but the teeth are still sharp.

Asakura Sadanao was the disciple of Ito Yohachi(伊藤與八). He served as the second-generation union president of the Chino City Sawsmiths union around 1980.

Asakura Sadanao trained six disciples, but two of them became tool merchants and one changed his career.