What could you achieve if you spent your career focused on one task? If you worked ten hours a day, six days a week, on one craft and one job, how well-honed would your skills be in ten years' time? What about twenty years' time? What about fifty?
Shoichi Nagatsu is a saw sharpener based in Kyoto. He sharpens and tunes new and used saws. That is his trade, profession and obsession. And his work is absolutely breathtaking.
Nagakatsu Dozuki Saw - 240mm
Nagakatsu Dozuki Saw - 240mm
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Nagatsu-san's beautiful dozuki saws are the most exquisite examples of this style that we have used.
Hand peened, set and filed, the teeth are a high quality high carbon steel.
Nagatsu-san's high gullets have been carried over from his larger saw patterns. Although most teeth are filed for cross-cutting, each of the large gullets are followed by a single rip-cut tooth. This clears the chips from the path of the saw, keeping cuts fast and efficient. It also allows for this saw to be used for rip cuts.
Nagatsu-san's distinctive hammer marks add or relieve tension in the saw plate, minimizing it's movement as it is pulled through the cut.
Finally, the rattan wrapped hinoki handle is comfortable to hold.
To read more about Nagatsu-san's process, click here.
