墨壺

Sumitsubo

Ink Pot / Chalk Line

Traditional Japanese ink line tool used for marking straight lines on long timbers. Features a beautifully carved wooden body — often a prized craft object itself — a fine silk or cotton line reel, and a bowl filled with ink-soaked cotton. The line is pulled out, snapped against the timber to leave a crisp ink mark. Some master carpenters are as particular about their Sumitsubo as their plane blades.

墨壺
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CategoryMarking
RegionsNationwide
All WoodsFramingStructural Timber

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