The Japanese Axe
With its straight edge and concave cheeks the japanese double bevelled carpenters axe is perfectly suited for accurate work.
The japanese axe. Japanese axes for woodworking sold at highland woodworking. The ono 斧 historically wono をの or masakari is the japanese word for an axe and is used to describe various tools of similar structure. Japanese hatchet and axe heads from mizuno seisakujo in sanjo niigata province are normally made with a 3 layer laminated steel head warikomi. 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.
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. Larry kramer 4 21 2009 out of the yard and into the woods you are inclined to carry a bigger and bigger knife until you might as well be carrying an axe or hatchet. The forest hatchet and the splitting axe are made of unlaminated steel.