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 Ryoba Saw - 240mm
Nagakatsu Ryoba Saw - 240mm
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Nagatsu-san's Ryoba saws are the epitome of this distinctly Japanese saw style.
Hand peened, set and filed, the teeth are a high quality high carbon steel.
Nagatsu-san's high gullets on the row of cross-cut teeth are each followed by a single rip-filed tooth. This clears large chips and leaves a clean surface on the bottom of the kerf ready to receive the next block of cross-cut teeth.
The rip side of the blade allows for fast and efficient ripping of material along the grain.
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 hinoki handle feels light in the hand and warm to the touch. The rattan wrap at the top is used to reinforce the timber where it grips the tang of the blade.
To read more about Nagatsu-san's process, click here.
Dimensions:
Cross-cut TPI: 15tpi (excluding rip teeth and gullets)
Rip TPI: 6tpi at heel, 8tpi at end
Blade Length: 245mm
Overall Length: 630mm
Blade Width at Widest: 100mm
Neck Thickness: 1.7mm - 0.9mm
Plate Thickness @ Heel: 0.6mm
Plate Thickness @ Centre: 0.4mm
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