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A traditional Japanese folding knife from Nagao Kinekoma with a trademarked folded brass handle and three inch triple layered Hitachi Aogami (blue paper - named after the wrapping the steel is traditionally supplied in) blade. First produced in 1894 when Tasaburo Shigematsu introduced a small double..

A lightweight scarf of Cotton and fine Sasawashi, a unique fabric composed entirely of paper — Sasawashi yarns are made from twisted strips of paper, the composition of which is part Washi, and part kumazasa (a type of  bamboo). The wider the strip the thicker the yarn, and once they have been ..

A lightweight scarf of Cotton and fine Sasawashi, a unique fabric composed entirely of paper — Sasawashi yarns are made from twisted strips of paper, the composition of which is part Washi, and part kumazasa (a type of  bamboo). The wider the strip the thicker the yarn, and once they have been ..

A lightweight scarf of Cotton and fine Sasawashi, a unique fabric composed entirely of paper — Sasawashi yarns are made from twisted strips of paper, the composition of which is part Washi, and part kumazasa (a type of  bamboo). The wider the strip the thicker the yarn, and once they have been ..

A lightweight scarf of Cotton and fine Sasawashi, a unique fabric composed entirely of paper — Sasawashi yarns are made from twisted strips of paper, the composition of which is part Washi, and part kumazasa (a type of  bamboo). The wider the strip the thicker the yarn, and once they have been ..

A comfortable and flexible hat for sunny weather, crocheted by hand in Indonesia from kumazasa fibre washi, a unique fibre composed entirely of paper. Sasawashi yarns are made from twisted strips of paper, the composition of which is part Washi, and part Kumazasa. The wider the strip the thicker the..

An anodised aluminium bento box, perfect for sandwiches, but equally at home housing a couple of onigiri. With a movable divider and rubber seal in the lid, the interior can be arranged to suit various lunches. In its purest form the box would house the hinomaru bento, a single umeboshi (sour plum) ..

A split bamboo hand rake made with eight heat formed clawed tines cut, shaped, and tied. Ideal as a small rake for work in borders clearing and tidying leaves and debris. Especially useful when doing small planting work, hand weeding, or otherwise working close to the ground. Measures approximately ..

A lightweight pair of stainless steel garden snips or bud shears, with brightly coloured handles for a comfortable, non-slip grip and a handy strap for hanging them from your wrist when not in use, great for when you are up a step-ladder! Made in Japan by a specialist Garden Scissor and Shear maker,..

Small but perfectly formed, these forged carbon steel secateurs with leatherette handles are the perfect partner for flower arranging and collecting, greenhouse work, and for all those on the spot light pruning jobs when their pocket size keeps them handy when one doesn't want to carry or require la..

A pair of aluminium handled secateurs, dimpled for extra grip, primed for everyday garden use and houseplant care. ‘Shumatsu’ translates to weekend in Japanese, the perfect time to undertake the small tasks in the garden that these were designed for. Being carbon steel, these should be cleaned and d..

A lightweight pair of forged carbon steel garden snips or bud shears, with textured handles for a comfortable, non-slip grip and a volute coil compression spring for soft-feel squeeze. Made in Japan by a specialist Garden Scissor and Shear maker, these snips are great for light garden use (cutting f..

A pair of small garden snips with leather wrapped handles for comfort and a leather loop for keeping them closed when not in use. The name Mekiri refers to the act of trimming new buds on bonsai or other plants to allow the plant to focus energy into fewer branches for a better result. These snips a..

A pair of traditional Japanese leaf shears with hand guard, made of high carbon stainless steel, giving a great edge with easy maintenance. Made in the historical hardware manufacturing centre of Miki City, Japan, by family-owned company Nishigaki. Lightweight, ergonomically shaped, textured non sli..

A pair of fine garden snips, hand wrapped with palm rattan, with a core and 50mm blades crafted from S58C Carbon Steel. Lovely snips for flowers and around the home, with a soft spring and an easy leather catch, which also work very well as a pair of desk scissors. Made in Sanjo, Japan, an area well..

Standard size, strong secateurs from Okatsune of Japan made with blades of Hitachi Yasugi high carbon steel and a simple single pivot design. The steel is hardened to 60 to 61 on the Rockwell scale for a long lasting edge and the handles covered in red and white grips, both for comfort and because t..

The Okatsune 104 bypass secateurs are particularly suitable for the large hand with their length of 210 mm (10 mm longer than model 103). The blades of these razor-sharp secateurs are forged from the finest Japanese steel (the same steel from which the Katana sword of the Samurai are made), and enab..

A pair of sturdy carbon steel garden scissors, great for cutting flowers, dead-heading and light pruning, as well as snipping twine whilst in the garden. Sharp, precise blades make for satisfying, clean cuts on softer green stems, whilst the blades are strong enough to cut through woodier stems and ..

A lightweight pair of carbon steel scissors, with brightly coloured handles for a comfortable, non-slip grip. Made in Japan by a specialist Garden Scissor and Shear maker, these scissors are great for light garden use (cutting flowers and herbs, and other soft stems), and are also useful around the ..

A pair of smaller carbon steel garden scissors in the traditional Koryu flower arranging style, with characteristically short and stubby blades, great for cutting flowers, dead-heading and light pruning, as well as snipping twine whilst in the garden. Sharp, precise blades make for satisfying, clean..

A pair of sturdy carbon steel garden scissors, great for cutting flowers, dead-heading and light pruning, as well as snipping twine whilst in the garden. Sharp, precise blades make for satisfying, clean cuts on softer green stems, whilst the blades are strong enough to cut through woodier stems and ..

A lightweight pair of forged carbon steel garden snips or bud shears, with textured handles for a comfortable, non-slip grip and a volute coil compression spring for soft-feel squeeze. Made in Japan by a specialist Garden Scissor and Shear maker, these snips are great for light garden use (cutting f..

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 stainless steel, wavy-bladed scraping tool, made in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. With a short hardwood handle into which the blade is riveted in place, this strong tool can be used to effortlessly clear weeds, moss and general grubbage from paving areas, between slabs in corners. 27cm length, with a..

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 carbon steel bladed sickle fitted to a hexagonal poplar wood handle for a comfortable grip. This very sharp blade is excellent for cutting through roots and grasses with ease, and reduce the need for repetitive hacking away. The short, 120mm blade allows for excellent workability and access to sma..

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, snow beech 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 m..

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 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 carbon steel, beech handled gardening knife with canvas holster. Hori-hori means dig-dig so these can be considered a kind of digging or soil knife used for weeding, planting, and historically for the careful extraction of prized bonsai specimens. Although it keeps a better edge for longer, carbon..

An undyed leather sheath with belt loop and popper clasp, made especially for our Asano Mokkousho Hori Hori Gardening Knives, close to their workshops in Tsubame-Sanjo, in Niigata Prefecture, north central Japan. ..

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..

A simple dispenser for use with Camellia Oil or similar — a convenient and mess-free way to keep your carbon steel tools in great condition. Simply fill it to about half full and the wadding will draw up the oil into the tip, ready to apply to your metal tools and knives, to help you prevent rust fr..

A canvas tool roll for all the essentials. Made with heavy duty canvas, the 5 lined pockets are perfect for holding garden tools, kitchen knives and paint brushes. This weatherproof canvas would even survive a camping trip, holding picnic cutlery and necessary tools. Measures 58 x 42 cm when fully u..