JTA Team’s Top Picks

Beautiful finish, excellent craftsmanship. Holds a good amount thanks to the lid shape.
I recommend adding the liner so tools don't clang on the base.

These are so well made. Simple, but impressive. A piece of its own packaging cardboard cut to size makes a good liner for the bottom. The outer coating is perfectly applied and seems durable.

Will do everything you would want a kanna at this price point to do. Glassy finish and translucent shavings. A pleasure to use.

The vintage tool roll is now my. Est gardening companion. I can fit all my various hand tools neatly into their own sections. The rolling makes it compact and easy to carry to my garden plot - love it!

Very happy with service provided by JTA, quickly responded to initial enquiry, attractive pricing, quick delivery to regional Western Australia. Have only used once so far, tested out on a large 35cm Jarrah Log. Bit over the top, but it got the job done, will be perfect for its intended use on jobs under half this size.

I couldn’t do without this tool, perfect for scraping weeds and digging out the deeper ones. It and the hori hori are my go to tools for nearly every garden job.
Having the right tool for the job makes everything so much easier.
JTA is the best and has nearly every tool for every job. Great quality and value every time.
Now I just need to convince you to make a deep metal soil scoop to use when repotting!

Honestly, just look at it! Yes in real life it does look that beautiful, and a wonderful small utility knife to have around. Would love to put it on my keys but scared I would not want to take it off and have a run in with airport security.

I absolutely love this handy little beauty. It is small but really sharp! I got it because I wanted something handy and available in hand to help me to cut open boxes and parcel packages. The knife has a lock mechanism which keeps the blade in position while in use so it's safe. I'm still reluctant to use it as a keyring because I worry about the handle getting scratched. So for now it's just sitting on my desk for display.

Ok you buy a circular saw and they supply it with a bit of stamped tin plate and call it a saw guide. My Makita was no different. I bought this yesterday and used it today cutting up five sheets of 12mm plywood for weatherboards on a shed I’m building. It easily fitted my saw and remained in place to the correct dimension for the whole job. Each piece cut has come out as a uniform size. The rule on this is absolutely spot on as you’d expect anything with the Shinwa brand on it to be. The movable fence supports the saw right to the end of the cut making for perfection in line and finish. What a great tool. I cut a lot of plywood in my workshop and find handling whole sheets through the table saw a real chore. This guide allows for easy and accurate cutting on saw horses.

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This product works really well. Thanks to JTA for recommending it.

Fantastic quality and just precision mechanism with the folding it is something that I will have in my bag forever

Had a similar knife but the handle didn't kick up like this one, so banged knuckles are a thing of the past and it has no problem with the solid sourdough breads.

These are very balanced, beautiful Genno heads. I matched mine with a 19mm. Gumi handle,
and it performs beautifully! Another beautiful hand crafted tool from JTA! Thanks guys!

Well, where to start. If packaging was anything to go by, then I was up for confirmation of my peaking expectations. The box in which the set was shipped was half the size of a small shipping container. I am kidding, of course, but the packaging certainly did justice to the precious cargo inside.

These Tasai mokume bench chisels are certainly the pinnacle of my 'collecting' ambition. Yes, that is correct, an ordinary citizen might be tempted to actually use these chisels; and a superb job they would do. However, I see this as an investment. The quality and presentation are outstanding. The workmanship, that I can only guess at, as detailed in the JTA listing suggests a degree of sophistication that is likely unmatched. In my research before committing I have found other offerings. None I saw as matching this set. While in some cases the asking price was near equal, in one case I came across a vintage set, of kind of 'ordinary' execution, but with a price tag that would make your eyes water. Which does get me back to the notion of an investment, rather than an every day use kind of purchase.

In another case, and referring to the very same set of Tasai mokume chisels, not only was it presented very carelessly, but I was told on asking for some higher quality images, that the set had been sold. Additionally, the comment was made the they were unlikely to be able to restock this set owing to the fact that the artisan mainly responsible for their creation was only doing a very limited number each year. Need I say more about 'investment grade'?

And then, of course, there is the business - JTA - and their offerings. While I am surely a very small customer, anything I ever bought is of outstanding quality. I am particularly enamoured with their high precision drill bits. These cut with an accuracy that even my routers will not achieve. The one other offering I will mention are tapered drill bits and japances tapered wood pins to go with these. They are just a ripper addition to my tool box.