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.
Sarae-nomi Woodblock Chisel - 18mm
Sarae-nomi Woodblock Chisel - 18mm
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The sarae-nomi is a HSS laminated woodblock printing tool that has a very shallow curved profile to it's blade and a fingernail edge profile. It's curve is so shallow that the surface it leaves can be perceived as flat unless scrutinised closely.
This allows it to take wide cuts in waste, and smooth transitions between cuts made by differing tools. Use it as a final finishing tool when refining the waste areas of your blocks.
Handle: Cherry
