Small Japanese axe

[Vicv]

http://www.kanetsune.com/index.php?id=160

That's a beautiful piece but ive gotta wonder hitachi white at 60-61 HRC in an axe might not hold up. God forbid you miss and hit a rock. Or even a knot. Not sure the price as they don't seem to sell their products. Not sure who does but a lot of nice stuff on their site

 

[jwaj]

Here's a picture: Kanetsune Axe Kikori / Model KB-133
Specs:
Blade Material: White Steel
Blade Detail: Plain
Handle Material: Oak & Shark Skin
Overall Length: 14.17"
Blade Length: 2.52"

 

[Vicv]

Thanks. I'm not very computer savvy

 

[jwaj]

Looks like a Japanese version of a Carpenters Axe.

Think I'll stick with GB

 

[screened porch]

Anybody know what white steel is?

 

[hlee]

http://www.agrussell.com/Knife-Encylopedia/a/130/

Hitachi white and blue steel named for the color paper raw billets come wrapped in. No Cr and more C than most US steels. Typical hardness in the mid 60s.

 

[Square_peg]

Anybody know what white steel is?

http://web.archive.org/web/20070420014626/http://hidatool.com/woodpage/wb.html

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[Pipeman]

Some neat stuff here. http://woodknot.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/japanese-axes-and-adzes/

Regards

Robin

 

[Vicv]

Neat. Didn't give much info though

 

[screened porch]

http://web.archive.org/web/20070420014626/http://hidatool.com/woodpage/wb.html

Give it a minute to load.

Well, I'll be darned. Reminds me, the movie "Risky Business" was called "Graduation White Paper" in Japanese. "White paper" in this context meaning some official report.
Thanks for the link.

 

[screened porch]

Some neat stuff here. http://woodknot.wordpress.com/2011/01/07/japanese-axes-and-adzes/

Regards

Robin

I never heard the bear claw story, or saw one of those adzes. Very cool.
I had one hatchet when I was in Japan (didn't need that, though I lived in wild Tohoku). It had a label describing its traditional iron-with -steel insert manufacture. No claw-marks.
It's terrible the crazy decisions you make when you leave packing too late. Hatchets are flat, I could have squeezed that in.

 

[jwaj]

Those adzes are neat tools. Cool video pipeman.

 

[screened porch]

http://www.agrussell.com/Knife-Encylopedia/a/130/

Hitachi white and blue steel named for the color paper raw billets come wrapped in. No Cr and more C than most US steels. Typical hardness in the mid 60s.

Thanks, hlee.