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Hello again faithful reader, Finally (finally!) got these gouges rehandled, and figure that since I have pictures I can put them up here. Also, the first look at the Koyamaichi ‘tiger’ engraving… (Now we do know what they look like.) Ok, not great pictures but pictures all the same. Handles are jarrah (nasty, evil, hideous stuff), gouges are Koyamaichi (of course!). That . . . → Read More: A few gouges to look at. Hello Faithful Reader, (Getting tired of these updates yet?) Having spent much of what was a very nicely weathered Sunday bashing on a keyboard, clicking a mouse and uploading pictures (must check how much space I have left on the server) there are now 120 Ouchi oire-nomi listed, with 4 different handle options makes for 480 chisels now . . . → Read More: Ouchi oire-nomi x 480 Hello again Faithful reader, I read Green eggs and ham tonight, so please excuse the heading there. It just seemed so appropriate. After a little prodding and poking, I’ve finally made Koyamaichi chisels available in 5 and 10 piece sets, in boxes. See them here; Koyamaichi chisels. Still working my way through Ouchi, then onto some stones and then some . . . → Read More: Will you take them in a box? Hello again Faithful Reader, On this just past Wednesday my co-pilot (Akiko!) and myself took a drive in Miki city to pay a visit to a few folks. First up, was a lunch date with Mr. and Mrs. Koyama(ichi) at a Japanese style restaurant that Mr. Koyama found out about with his tennis club friends. (Yes, . . . → Read More: Road Trip; Ouchi chisels. Hello again Faithful Reader, As I sit here, 1AM in the morning with the email telling me the currency rate automated doohickey just did it’s thing, I am suffering from some lack of sleep but need to get in a few words here all the same. Yesterday, we (as in my Co-pilot and myself) drove into Miki city, . . . → Read More: End-o-the-month update. Hello again stranger, (It must be stranger, since it’s been a while since I’ve added anything here!) Just a little news from the mad house that is here. The new stuff is, for the time being, some new stones. You’d think that the expansive range of stones that are already presented in the store would be enough, but no, . . . → Read More: New stuff, not cheap stuff… Hello again Olde Faithful, Just found this very, very useful site for those of you who have the concern of import duties to wherever you live. Import Duty Calculator. I know not all of you will find this useful, but I think I’ll be visiting often, just so I can do all I can to keep the tax bill . . . → Read More: Import duties? Hello again Faithful Reader, The store has had a few (!) new additions. Firstly, the Koyamaichi dragon chisels are now listed. These are top shelf chisels. Starting with a bright finished blue steel chisel, they are sent off to have a dragon engraved into the neck, complete with inlaid eyes. They are award winning (Miki city hardware association) chisels, . . . → Read More: Some more new chisels… Hello again faithful reader, (2 posts in 24 hours, I must be sick!) Just wanted to put this out there, somewhere… Here’s hoping . . . → Read More: Here be dragons… Hello again faithful reader, I received an email today from one of my customers (who shall not be named) that one of the boxes I sent arrived in a very sorry state. I asked for a picture, and this is what I got… You know how you occasionally read about stuff someone has ordered being damaged during delivery, . . . → Read More: Going 12 rounds? |
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