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There's a short video on YouTube of a Japanese saw here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8-cM6hv4k4

Here are a few photos of Tenbin Yagura at Hikone Castle showing some adze work.

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Interesting roof structure.

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I sent a photo of the stamp on one of the chisels to a Japanese carpenter I met on my trip. He said they are Fuji Hiro chisels and the type of chisel is Sumi Nagashi.

The carpenter was at a...

Here is the adze next to a 1 litre can of Fujiyama beer and Mt Fuji in the background.

The body of the can is around 15cm High


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Here are the chisels. The stamps are a bit hard to...

The adze is stamped 高木作 - Takagi

The stamp is 天龍 on all three. This translates as sky dragon or ten ryu in romaji. The lady at the shop did mention they were hand made and the best ones she had.

I also bought a small adze and a...

I bought these in Osaka on the weekend. Prices are in yen.

Not sure if I paid too much.

I used a hot air gun and lots of clamps. The PVC is quite supple once it gets hot.

I clamped the PVC at the bow and stern with as much stretch as I could get at room temperature and then heated a...