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Brand: Small items
A sand-cast brass trivet from a foundry which began in 1897 in the Japanese city of Takaoka in the Toyama Prefecture, in a pattern inspired by the cosmos: 'Hoshi', a four pointed star. The castings are largely left I-Hada, meaning with a raw, unfinished cast surface without machining or coarse ..
£70.00
Ex Tax:£58.33
Brand: Small items
A cranked handled, one-handed weeding hoe, made in Japan. Forged from carbon steel the blade of this hoe has an excellent edge — ideal for slicing through weed roots amidst borders and vegetable beds. Chop into the soil and pull towards you, to weed and cultivate simultaneously. About 33cm overall i..
£18.00
Ex Tax:£15.00
Brand: Small items
A sand-cast brass trivet from a foundry which began in 1897 in the Japanese city of Takaoka in the Toyama Prefecture, in a pattern inspired by the cosmos: 'Ginga', a many pointed galaxy. The castings are largely left I-Hada, meaning with a raw, unfinished cast surface without machining or coarse pol..
£90.00
Ex Tax:£75.00
Brand: Small items
A walnut butter case developed by Oji Masanori in collaboration with the workshops of Takahashi Kougei, in Asahikawa, central Hokkaido, Japan. Kakudo means angle, and describes the way the lid locates naturally and accurately onto the base, a feat only made possible by the astonishing precision of i..
£145.50
Ex Tax:£121.25
Brand: Small items
A hand sand-cast brass paper weight from a foundry established in 1897 in the Japanese city of Takaoka in the Toyama Prefecture. With minimal chasing, the castings are left largely ‘I-hada: with a raw cast surface maintaining any texture or discolouration drawn from the sand into which they were pou..
£52.00
Ex Tax:£43.33
Brand: Small items
A hand sand-cast brass paper weight from a foundry established in 1897 in the Japanese city of Takaoka in the Toyama Prefecture. With minimal chasing, the castings are left largely ‘I-hada: with a raw cast surface maintaining any texture or discolouration drawn from the sand into which they were pou..
£58.00
Ex Tax:£48.33
Brand: Small items
A hand sand-cast brass paper weight from a foundry established in 1897 in the Japanese city of Takaoka in the Toyama Prefecture. With minimal chasing, the castings are left largely ‘I-hada: with a raw cast surface maintaining any texture or discolouration drawn from the sand into which they were pou..
£55.00
Ex Tax:£45.83
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
A lightweight hatchet from Tsubame-Sanjo city, of a type thought to have been produced in Japan for over 1700 years. These have a lacquered Kanto oak handle reinforced with a steel strip where leverage might be greatest should the blade become wedged. Double beveled, with an angled gently curving bl..
£45.00
Ex Tax:£37.50
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
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..
£13.50
Ex Tax:£11.25
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
A small but handy carbon steel blade attached to a black lacquered finger ring from Asano Mokkousho of Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. Usually used on the forefinger and like a pruning knife against the pad of the thumb, this is designed for use picking small and soft fruits, espec..
£20.00
Ex Tax:£16.67
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
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..
£10.50
Ex Tax:£8.75
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
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..
£16.50
Ex Tax:£13.75
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
A hand forged carbon steel hoe from Tsubame-Sanjo, with a longish arcing trapezoid head and a lightweight 900mm poplar handle. These are used standing and with a chopping action to dig, break up, weed, and till soil amidst beds and borders. Proper use is a kind of circular chop and pull to loosen so..
£30.00
Ex Tax:£25.00
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
A hand forged carbon steel hoe with a curved blade mounted on a slightly cranked neck to a beech wood handle. An ultra-tough weeder and cultivator, this sharp, angled hoe is used by drawing through the soil towards the gardener, effectively cultivating the soil, and chopping through and removing all..
£14.50
Ex Tax:£12.08
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
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..
£34.00
Ex Tax:£28.33
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
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..
£29.50
Ex Tax:£24.58
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
A small, snow beech 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. Us..
£28.00
Ex Tax:£23.33
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
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..
£29.50
Ex Tax:£24.58
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
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..
£26.00
Ex Tax:£21.67
Brand: Small items
Kami means paper in Japanese and is the name given to a series of vessels developed by Oji Masanori with the uncommonly skilled woodturners of Takahashi Kougei, and was chosen as a reflection of the unique thinness and lightness of their hand turned forms. The regular grain is that of Kalopanax — th..
£55.00
Ex Tax:£45.83
Brand: Oversize items
Born of a collaboration between Oji Masanori and a cooperative of ‘Edo’ broom makers and a testament to both their skill and artistry, the kake brooms are hand stitched by the craftsmen of Shirokiya Denbe, of broom corn (a type of hardwearing sorghum) bound with linen thread around a rattan cane. Th..
£170.00
Ex Tax:£141.67
Brand: Oversize items
Born of a collaboration between Oji Masanori and a cooperative of ‘Edo’ broom makers and a testament to both their skill and artistry, the kake brooms are hand stitched by the craftsmen of Shirokiya Denbe, of broom corn (a type of hardwearing sorghum) bound with linen thread around a rattan cane. Th..
£120.00
Ex Tax:£100.00
Brand: Small items
Hand poured sand-cast brass tin lined weighted tool holders or desk tidies from a foundry founded in 1897 in the city of Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture. With minimal chasing the castings are left largely ihada, that is with a raw cast surface maintaining any texture or discolouration drawn from the sand..
£200.00
Ex Tax:£166.67
Brand: Small items
Kami means paper in Japanese and is the name given to a series of vessels developed by OJI Masanori with the uncommonly skilled woodturners of Takahashi Kougei, and was chosen as a reflection of the unique thinness and lightness of their hand turned forms. The unfamiliar grain is that of Kalopanax -..
£44.00
Ex Tax:£36.67
Brand: Small items
Kami means paper in Japanese and is the name given to a series of vessels developed by OJI Masanori with the uncommonly skilled woodturners of Takahashi Kougei, and was chosen as a reflection of the unique thinness and lightness of their hand turned forms. The unfamiliar grain is that of Kalopanax -..
£48.00
Ex Tax:£40.00
Brand: Oversize items
Born of a collaboration between Oji Masanori and a cooperative of ‘Edo’ broom makers and a testament to both their skill and artistry, the kake brooms are hand stitched by the craftsmen of Shirokiya Denbe, of broom corn (a type of hardwearing sorghum) bound with linen thread around a rattan cane. Th..
£80.00
Ex Tax:£66.67
Brand: Small items
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..
£58.50
Ex Tax:£48.75
Brand: Small items
Kami means paper in Japanese and is the name given to a series of vessels developed by OJI Masanori with the uncommonly skilled woodturners of Takahashi Kougei, and was chosen as a reflection of the unique thinness and lightness of their hand turned forms. The unfamiliar grain is that of Kalopanax -..
£32.00
Ex Tax:£26.67
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
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..
£28.00
Ex Tax:£23.33
Brand: Small items
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..
£58.50
Ex Tax:£48.75
Brand: Small items
Hand poured sand-cast, and foot-pads aside (or in the case of the smaller springs also), entirely brass tape dispenser from a foundry founded in 1897 in the central Japanese city of Takaoka in Toyama Prefecture. With minimal chasing the castings are largely left ihada, which means with a raw cast su..
£190.00
Ex Tax:£158.33
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
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..
£42.50
Ex Tax:£35.42
Brand: Small items
Hand poured sand-cast, and foot-pads aside (or in the case of the smaller springs also), entirely brass tape dispenser from a foundry founded in 1897 in the central Japanese city of Takaoka in Toyama Prefecture. With minimal chasing the castings are largely left ihada, which means with a raw cast su..
£200.00
Ex Tax:£166.67
Brand: Small items
Hand poured sand-cast brass stationery trays in a choice of three sizes from a foundry founded in 1897 in the central Japanese city of Takaoka in Toyama Prefecture. With minimal chasing the castings are largely left ihada, which means with a raw cast surface maintaining any texture or discolouration..
£55.00
Ex Tax:£45.83
Brand: Small items
Hand poured sand-cast brass tin lined weighted tool holders or desk tidies from a foundry founded in 1897 in the city of Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture. With minimal chasing the castings are left largely ihada, that is with a raw cast surface maintaining any texture or discolouration drawn from the sand..
£250.00
Ex Tax:£208.33
Brand: Small items
Hand poured sand-cast brass stationery trays in a choice of three sizes from a foundry founded in 1897 in the central Japanese city of Takaoka in Toyama Prefecture. With minimal chasing the castings are largely left ihada, which means with a raw cast surface maintaining any texture or discolouration..
£45.00
Ex Tax:£37.50
Brand: Small items
Hand poured sand-cast brass stationery trays in a choice of three sizes from a foundry founded in 1897 in the central Japanese city of Takaoka in Toyama Prefecture. With minimal chasing the castings are largely left ihada, which means with a raw cast surface maintaining any texture or discolouration..
£65.00
Ex Tax:£54.17
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
A small razor or sickle hoe with a very sharp and fine pointed hand forged carbon steel blade fixed to a hexagonal poplar wood handle which allows for a better, more comfortable, and less fatiguing grip. From Asano Mokkousho, of Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture Japan. An excellent small tool for cu..
£18.00
Ex Tax:£15.00
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
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..
£65.00
Ex Tax:£54.17
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
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..
£24.00
Ex Tax:£20.00
Brand: Small items
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..
£42.50
Ex Tax:£35.42
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
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..
£18.00
Ex Tax:£15.00
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
A carbon steel bladed medium sized harvesting sickle fitted to a hexagonal poplar wood handle for a better and more comfortable grip. 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 lig..
£16.50
Ex Tax:£13.75
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
A small forked cultivating hoe from Tsubame-Sanjo, in Niigata Prefecture in central Japan. Hand forged of carbon steel with a Japanese oak handle. Used to break up and aerate compacted soil, pulling weeds, and clearing straggly roots, leaves, and debris, especially amidst tight beds and rows of vege..
£20.00
Ex Tax:£16.67
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
A small hand cultivator or root hook hand made in a small workshop in Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. With two carbon steel hooked tines fixed to a shaped poplar wood handle, in Japan these are often used to clean soil from around the roots of transplanted specimens, particularly f..
£16.00
Ex Tax:£13.33
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
A forked cultivating hoe from Tsubame-Sanjo, in Niigata Prefecture in central Japan. Hand forged of carbon steel with a lightweight 900mm poplar wood handle. Used to break up and aerate compacted soil, pulling weeds, and clearing straggly roots, leaves, and debris, especially amidst tight beds and r..
£30.00
Ex Tax:£25.00
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
A hand forged carbon steel hoe from Tsubame-Sanjo, with a longish arcing trapezoid head and Japanese oak handle. These are used with a chopping action to dig, break up, weed, and till soil amidst beds and borders. Proper use is a kind of circular chop and pull to loosen soil - this shouldn't be used..
£19.50
Ex Tax:£16.25
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
A hand forged carbon steel straight bladed mowing or weeding sickle with a straight poplar wood handle from Asano Mokkousho of Tsubame-Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture, central Japan. To be used right handed, the blade is set at an angle to be utilised at or just above the ground and drawn towards the body..
£48.00
Ex Tax:£40.00
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
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..
£17.50
Ex Tax:£14.58
Brand: Asano Mokkousho
A 24 fine wire tined adjustable and extendable leaf rake from Niigata Prefecture Japan. Quickly adjusts with an arc of 14cm to 40cm by way of a wing-screw and sliding bar. The stainless steel wire tines have slight ball tips to help prevent sinking and catching on soft ground, whilst the handle is o..
£18.50
Ex Tax:£15.42