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.
HSS Woodblock Print Chisel 7 Piece Set
HSS Woodblock Print Chisel 7 Piece Set
Beautifully presented in a Paulownia box, this 7 piece chisel set represents an excellent cross-section of our top of the line HSS-laminated carving tools from Michihamono. Purchasing these tools as a kit offers a significant saving over purchasing them individually.
These beautifully made tools keep an edge above and beyond any other metallurgy we have been able to find in carving tools.
This set includes:
1.5mm Woodblock Carving Knife (1mm can be found here)
3mm Woodblock Carving Knife
6mm Woodblock Carving Knife
4.5mm Printmaker V-gouge
3mm Printmaker U-gouge
6mm Printmaker U gouge
6mm Hangi-To Woodblock Carving Knife (Right)
If you would like to substitute a similar tool of a different size from the HSS range into your set, please send us an email and we will do our very best to accommodate your request.
Handles are cherry. The brass ferrule can be removed and the tool can pivot open on it's dowel to reveal the blade's tang. A line can appear down the body of the chisel where the two halves meet.
Superb tool set from JTA, initially thought a little small for my hands, but ounce cutting the tools are perfect. Excellent service from JTA including the sharpening video for maintaining an edge on gouges. Mike
