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Konobu

Est. Early Showa

Konobu is a workshop specializing in the finest-grade finishing and paring chisels — tools that are never struck with a hammer but guided entirely by hand pressure. Their Shirogami #1 paring chisels are ground to a geometry so acute and so highly polished that they glide through the hardest hardwood grain with almost no resistance. Preferred by lacquerware craftsmen and furniture makers who need surgical precision.

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FoundedEarly Showa
FounderKonobu Family
Current Gen.2nd Generation
LocationSanjo City, Niigata Prefecture
StatusActive
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Chisels (Nomi)Finishing Chisels

Konobu Shirogami #1 paring chisels

Konobu tsuki nomi

This workshop's tools are traditionally forged from these steels.

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