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.
Spoon Gouges - Aogami
Spoon Gouges - Aogami
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Our spoon gouges are forged by Michihamono with the highest quality laminated blue paper steel edges.
These tools are used in similar applications to European hook knives - that is, for excavating bowls and hollows. They can used out the back of the hand with the arms braced against the body for close control and inspection of the work, or on a bench top with a bench hook or stop block.
We find that a buff on a strop is sufficient to sharpen up these superlative tools and they can be kept ready to work with regular but light work.
The handles are made of white oak and nestle nicely in the hand.
