These hedge shears are a delight to use. With beautifully sharp blue paper steel blades and an easy action, they are the perfect tool for a long session trimming back hedging plants, heavily-foliaged screening plants and other growth with only ...

This 42mm plane by third-generation smith Hideki Komori san is hand-forged with a blue paper steel (aogami) cutting edge, fitted to a generously sized Japanese white oak body (dai) and crafted with aesthetics that are beyond compare. The first thing ...

In 2019 we had the pleasure of hosting 25 students in Melbourne and Brisbane to make kanna under the tutelage of Kyoto carpenter Takami Kawai-sensei. In these classes, we supplied 70mm Yamamoto blades got to see all of them set ...

In 2019 we had the pleasure of hosting 25 students in Melbourne and Brisbane to make kanna under the tutelage of Kyoto carpenter Takami Kawai-sensei. In these classes, we supplied 70mm Yamamoto blades got to see all of them set ...

These bonsai shears are a fantastically versatile addition to a bonsai toolkit. They are capable of trimming roots, stems and leaves while leaving beautifully clean cuts on your valued bonsai. To maintain their edge and ensure a long and useful ...

For those looking to adjust the soles of larger planes with a solid blades, this scraper by Etsuoh is a great option. It's blade is about 1.2mm thick and double edges, meaning it can be reversed in the handle to ...

Hand made in Japan by Michihamono with a blue paper steel cutting edge, the Obisuki is designed to cut trenches and borders in leather. This can be in preparation for folding, joining or further thinning. It's two outside "teeth" first ...

The Azebiki style of saw is traditionally used in Japan for cutting sliding dovetail joints, trenches and slots for sliding Shoji screens. This saw's curved blade profile allows the craftsperson to begin a cut in the middle of a board ...

This plane represents an upgrade of our entry-level high carbon steel Kakuri planes with the addition of a blue paper steel (aogami) blade, which gives excellent peak sharpness, ease of sharpening and edge retention. In this model, we have also ...

The Gotoku is a joinery plane designed to do 5 jobs. It can be used as a Smoothing Plane Right Handed Rebate Plane Left Handed Rebate Plane Right Handed Side-Cutting Plane Left Handed Side Cutting Plane Having set up two ...

A superlative plane in every sense, this kanna arrives to it's new owner set from the factory, with much less fettling required of it than most other Japanese planes. The blade is made from Super Blue Paper Steel, or Aogami-Super, ...

This 36mm leatherwork knife is handmade by Michihamono. It uses their die steel laminated blade which offers excellent life in the cutting edge, as well as a beautifully ergonomic cherry handle. The offset handle moves the centre of pressure over ...

There are 14 profiles and shapes in this series. These planes are designed and made under Kakuri Corporation, beautifully constructed out of solid Ebony with a brass fixing screw for easy adjustment of the HSS blade.These planes are perfect for ...

This complete chisel set is a great starting point for those looking to enter the world of hand-made Japanese chisels on a budget. Made with the same hand-laminated white paper steel (shirogami #2) as our higher-priced chisels, our Musouken will ...

Used to capture complex profiles that need to be scribed into a mating piece of timber, this extra large 300mm-wide profile gauge by Shinwa is an incredibly well-made example of it's kind. It's 1mm stainless steel pins conform to any ...

This bag is made of a thick canvas with traditional Japanese patterns. It is beautifully constructed. This bag is ideal to store all types of Japanese saws. It has three (3) saw dividers. The bag measures: 480mm x 280mm.

The #220 grit stone is the second-coarsest stone in the Shapton Professional range. We have found it to be a little bit softer than the #120, which means although it's grit is a little more refined (and we mean a ...

This lovely little measuring tool was developed by Shinwa to measure tyre tread. However, for those looking to measure the depth of small and precise joinery it is a great tool to have to hand. The end of the gauge ...

Star-M are renowned for producing perception drill bits and cutting tools; this circle cutter is no exception. Star-M developed these circle cutters over many years until they produced an easy to use tool that actually cuts accurately and clean. The ...

Perfect for planing right into a corner, the sumitukiganna (we're happy to call it a Bullnose plane) lends itself to making final adjustments to sills, the insides of frames and assembled pieces of furniture. It is made with the same ...

These beautiful rebate planes (kiwa kanna) are hand forged in Sanjo prefecture, with beautifully crafted white oak dai to match. Their edges are blue paper steel and a delight to sharpen. For those looking to tune joinery, the rebate plane ...

This is some of the best fun that can be had with timber. This matching set creates tapered mortices in timber, and allows the woodworker to create a matching tapered tenon on the outside of any section that will fit ...