Asano Mokkousho

A partially serrated carbon steel sickle knife, with a tape splitting hook to the back, and a poplar handle. Incredibly sharp both to the flat and the serrated sections of the blade these are by intent used to open and break down cardboard boxes, the small hook ideal for ripping through tape without..

A general purpose carpenters mallet from Asano Mokkousho of Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. With a beech head impregnated with wax for added weight as well as protection and a strong Japanese White Oak handle in Japan these are used with chisels as well as for tapping together join..

A narrow, rectangular-headed, lighter weight Japanese Oak carpenters mallet from Asano Mokkousho of Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. This type of narrow, almost square edged mallets of are typically used for close and more delicate joinery work such as carefully tapping home pegs du..

A sharp edged hand-forged adze from Pallares Solsona in Spain, who have been making kitchen knives and Agricultural tools in Catalonia since its founding in 1917 by brothers Lluís and Carles Pallarès Canal. An ancient and versatile cutting tool, adzes have been used since the Stone Age for smoothing..

A lightweight hatchet from Tsubame-Sanjo city, of a type thought to have been produced in Japan for over 1700 years. These have a lacquered Kanto oak handle reinforced with a steel strip where leverage might be greatest should the blade become wedged. Double beveled, with an angled gently curving bl..

A diminutive razor or sickle hoe with a sharpened slightly curved carbon steel blade and poplar wood handle. From Asano Mokkousho, of Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture Japan. Ideal for container and glasshouse gardening where the small size allows easy access in tight spaces and between tight planti..

A double sided hoe forged in Tsubame-Sanjo, a city famed for its multitude of smithies and small metalworking workshops. Made of Japanese carbon steel, with a shaped hardwood handle, secured through the eye with a steel wedge which is simply knocked tighter as required. Thought to resemble a cuttlef..

A hand forged carbon steel hoe with an almost semicircular 135mm blade mounted on a crane neck to a straight 350mm poplar wood handle. With a very sharp wide blade these shouldn't be forced too hard into the earth, but allowed to drop doing their own work using mostly just the weight of tool and arm..

A blacksmith forged, carbon steel hoe with a parallel-sided 12cm blade mounted onto a straight 35cm poplar wood oval-profile handle. With a strong, gently curved blade, great for opening up overgrown areas, digging holes, weeding, and ploughing ripe soil. To use this grubbing hoe (also called an Aza..

A double sided triangular carbon steel cultivating hoe or light pick from Asano Mokkousho, of Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture Japan. A kind of one handed hoe, sharpened to the two leading edges and a point, best used under its own weight to cut through weeds and break up soil amidst beds and borde..

A small, snow beech-handled multifunctional stainless steel weeding sickle from Tsubame-Sanjo in Niigata Prefecture, north central Japan. With a comfortable wide wooden handle with leather hanging loop, and a tough curved blade, with angled serrations to both sides, for excellent cutting ability. Dr..

A small, walnut handled multifunctional stainless steel weeding sickle from Tsubame-Sanjo in Niigata Prefecture, north central Japan. With a comfortable wide wooden handle with leather hanging loop, and a tough curved blade, with angled serrations to both sides, for excellent cutting ability. Draw t..

A hand forged carbon steel sickle-hoe with a crane-necked tang fixed to a poplar wood handle, of a type thought to have originated in the vicinity of Yonezawa City but in this case from Asano Mokkousho of Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. The carbon steel the blade takes an excellent..

A stainless steel, walnut handled multifunctional gardening knife from Tsubame-Sanjo in Niigata Prefecture, north central Japan. Hori-hori means 'dig-dig' — these strong digging knives are used for weeding, planting, and historically for the careful extraction of prized bonsai specimens in the mount..

A small, walnut handled multifunctional stainless steel gardening knife from Tsubame-Sanjo in Niigata Prefecture, north central Japan. Hori-hori means 'dig-dig' — this diminutive version is nonetheless a strong and capable aid in the greenhouse, garden pots or when dealing with indoor plants. Useful..

A shorter version of this stainless steel, multifunctional gardening knife from Tsubame-Sanjo in Niigata Prefecture, north central Japan, with a hardwood handle. Hori-hori means 'dig-dig' — these strong digging knives are used for weeding, planting, and historically for the careful extraction of pri..

A small but handy stainless steel blade formed from a single piece of metal, the other end of which is curled into a finger ring, for use as a harvesting knife. Made by Asano Mokkousho of Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. Usually used on the forefinger and like a pruning knife a..

An almost culinary standard knife with a very sharp acutely beveled almost rectangular carbon steel blade fixed to a magnolia wood handle, and cedar sheath. From Asano Mokkousho, of Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture Japan. Used for harvesting cabbage and similar vegetables, the blade is sharpened su..

A hand made carbon steel serrated hooked knife with a long poplar wood handle from Asano Mokkousho of Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. Used for harvesting asparagus the sharp, fine, but relatively aggressive serrations make short work of the hopefully not too fibrous stems of aspara..

A stainless steel bladed medium sized harvesting sickle from Asano Mokkousho, of Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture Japan. With a fairly short, fine but very sharply serrated blade these could reasonably be considered a lightweight hybrid of pruning saw and classic smooth bladed sickles. Typically us..

A small tightly curved stainless steel sickle knife with a poplar wood handle. Of a type especially useful for harvesting courgettes and similar squashes, the blade is simply hooked over the stem and whilst the fruit is gripped, pulled or eased through for release. From Asano Mokkousho of Tsubame-Sa..

A stainless steel bladed medium sized saw sickle from Tomita, of Niigata Prefecture, Japan. With a fairly short, fine but very sharply serrated blade, this tool can be used in multiple ways — drawn through the surface of soil to cut down weeds at the root; used higher up to mow or trim grasses; as a..

A hand forged axe from Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. With a 1.5kg head with a thick and steeply beveled shape, quite narrow from heel to toe. With a straight Japanese White Oak handle, this is designed for splitting logs along the grain — the cheeks of the axe being grooved to he..