Japanese Wood Cutting Axe

This japanese axe doubles as a knife because it is so sharp and because you can get your hand up in that open space behind the blade for close work.

Japanese wood cutting axe. Hachiemon japanese style hatchet is an indispensable hachet for camping that s manufactured with practical size and design. Featuring exceptional tools from japan hida tool is your source for woodworking tools gardening tools and kitchen knives that continue the metalworking traditions of the samurai sword makers. It s made for us by blacksmiths in the niigata prefecture. 10 most dangerous homemade wood splitters wood cutting machine splitting firewood duration.

Extreme machines recommended for you. A hatchet has a similarly shaped head with a hammer head on the opposite side of the wedge for hewing a log. Thin kerf saws that cut on the pull stroke laminated chisel blades engineered for superb sharpening and thoughtfully designed marking tools and hammers have been the hallmarks of japanese woodworking tools for centuries. Trimming to size cutting joints and light hewing.

I made a crude blade guard from sheet metal and put it in my belt for woods carry. Can also be used at home and for gardening. Typically a woodworker will use an axe to shape cut and split wood in a raw form. With its straight edge and concave cheeks the japanese double bevelled carpenters axe is perfectly suited for accurate work.

This is a tough ax with great balance. Those that try them inevitably find them wonderful to use. An essential time saving tool for timber framers it is also an excellent choice of axe for workshop use filling the gap between too much to plane but not enough to saw. The traditional axe is made of solid slightly curved wood with a heavy all metal head at the end there s no better representation of a classic looking axe than husqvarna s model.

Slightly concave edge grind for more splitting force head weight 1370 g total weight 2140 g handle length 900 mm edge length 70 mm delivered with leather edge sheath axe head front view. Japanese splitting axe kiwari ono. Forged fromone piece of carbon steel heavy thick and featuring a short cutting edge this ax is an ideal tool for splitting wood. The head of an axe is shaped like a wedge or a dual inclined plane while the handle is used as a lever.

Because of that cut out behind the blade it rides pretty well. Husqvarna 26 woodcutter s axe is great for all purposes and includes a leather edge cover for safe storage.