MARK OF CHISELS

『CARVING CHISEL MARKS』

1: The mark of the Shinkichi (信吉). The blacksmith's name is Takiguchi Shinkichi  (滝口信吉). The history of Konobu traces back to the early Meiji period with Takiguchi Shinkichi, a blacksmith who sp...

『NIIGATA CHISEL MARKS』

1: 富石 (TOMIISHI). One of my favorite chisel blacksmiths in Niigata. The full name of Ishida blacksmith is 石田富吉(Ishida Tomiyoshi). He makes chisels that rival Tokyo chisels. Learned the blacksmi...

『OTHER TOKYO CHISEL MARKS』

1: The mark of the first generation MASAYOSHI. His mortise chisel (Mukomachi Nomi 向待鑿) were highly regarded at the time.  2: The mark of the first generation MASAYOSHI. The difference from the ab...

『MARK OF ICHIHIRO CHISELS』

1: Unclear Tsuki Ichihiro mark. This chisel was made during the era of the second generation Ichihiro（山崎勇 Yamazaki Isamu）. The mark was used before Showa 38（1963）. Because this year ichihiro(市弘) w...

『MARK OF KIYOTADA CHISELS』

1：Mark from the first generation KIYOTADA era.His name is 嶋村忠五郎(Shimamura Chugoro). By the way, the second generation KIYOTADA (嶋村幸三郎・Shimamura Kouzaburo) is his adopted son.  2: The most common ...