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A small hand forged hatchet with a lacquered Japanese Oak handle and a leatherette case. From Asano Mokkousho of Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. Heavier than a knife, lighter than a billhook or hatchet and single bevelled for right-handed use, in the garden this is ideal for limbin..

A hand forged long bladed carbon steel pruning hatchet with a lacquered Japanese Oak handle. From Asano Mokkousho of Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. In use these are probably closer to a billhook than the hatchet or machete that they variously get translated as. The single bevel al..