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Hoe

26 Feb 2019

One Blade Becomes Two

by griswold | posted in: Hoe, Hori hori, Kusakezuri, Process, Yaki-ire | 0

Sister Blades Working on some new tool designs, I took an old lawn mower blade and recycled it to use as stock for a kusakezuri (Japanese hand hoe) and a hori hori. In my continuing study of Japanese agricultural tools … Read More

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