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[permaculture] Hand tools - Traditional Japanese sickles and other gardening tools - Tosa Forged Blades
- From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
- To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [permaculture] Hand tools - Traditional Japanese sickles and other gardening tools - Tosa Forged Blades
- Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:27:53 -0500
Hand tools - Traditional Japanese sickles and other gardening tools - Tosa
Forged Blades
http://www.kougei.or.jp/english/crafts/0812/f0812.html
Those interested in fine handmade gardening tools will be interested in this
website describing one of Japan's
toolmaking cooperatives and one its best blacksmiths, Michinobu Yamasaki.
This fascinating site describes
the manufacturing process with videos of forging, shaping and finishing a
typical laminated forge-welded
sickle blade.
LL
aspiring toolmaker, blacksmith and woodworker
- [permaculture] Hand tools - Traditional Japanese sickles and other gardening tools - Tosa Forged Blades, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 02/25/2006
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