| THE JAPAN BLADE |
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| I am constantly rebuilding my site and most pages have new content and need to be refreshed every once in a while |
| Entering this digital world will transport you back to a time when men & women hammered steel to create some of the finest cutting edges ever known. |
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| The following pages contain information regarding Japanese blacksmiths, kanna makers, Japanese sharpening stones called tennen toishi and hints on care treatment of Japanese tools japanese hand planes, natural sharpening stones japanese knives shapton king stones naniwa stones ohira stones nakayama stones, kanna dai makers Inomoto Tasai Funahiro Chiyozuru usui tanaka handforged hand made nobukuni sadahide ishido japanese woodworking forum laminated steel blade nokogiri japanese saws nomi japanese chisels sharp sharp blade sharpening tamba terrane radiolarians ohira mine kyoto tokyo honsuita hon suita hon kuchi naori mt. atago higashi mono nishi mono okudo oozuku narutaki shoubu kizuyama oohira sinden sougandani takashima naori chert grit hatanaka ishihara hitomi sharpest finest kengo maki urushi kezuroukai . |
| TheJapanBlade is a web site devoted to the discovery and documentation of the traditional blacksmith craft of Japan and the sharpening stones that are used in Japan to prove the product of the blacksmith. |
