Michihamono is a small maker of carving knives and chisels in Miki City, Hyōgo, Japan's traditional home of blacksmithing and hardware. The company began as a subcontractor making sickles and gradually turned its skills to carving tools, which are now its speciality.
Michihamono tools are used for an unusually wide range of crafts: carving Buddhist statues and Noh masks, Kamakura-bori lacquerware, woodblock printing, seal engraving and even eraser-stamp carving. Its high-speed steel blades are heat-treated by specialist firms, and each tool passes through several craftsmen in turn, from shaping and grinding the blade to fitting the handle and final inspection.
Alongside its carving tools, Michihamono makes the Hiyokko range of sickles and runs CARVY, an antenna shop in Tokyo. Its tools suit both beginners and professional carvers.
Block Printing Bench Hook
Block Printing Bench Hook
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Simple solutions are often the best solutions. If you have the tools and materials handy to make something similar, you absolutely should. If not, this little tool will make you wonder how you ever carved without it.
This is a bench hook made from ply. It is reversible, with one side using the play as it's surface, and the other using a 1mm-thick sheet of cork to protect your tools and the hook itself.
It transforms any table or bench into a work surface for the carver, and can be stored easily when not in use.