My Kaneshin b-day tools :)

[Alain]

Hi there,
My birthday is coming (which would mean Spring normally but not in Chicagoland where it's presently snowing ) and this year my wife offered me my first real bonsai tools

I just received then yesterday and now I am wandering the house looking for something to prune and some branches to cut....
May be I'll go shave the neighbor's cats

Anyway.

They are from Kaneshin cutlery, Japanese company I discovered last year via this very forum and if any of you need some tools I can recommend them enough: Mr Masashi Nishimura I was in contact with was really kind and helpful, their prices are more than reasonable (I may say unbeatable) and Mr Nishimura even included a free cleaning mate as a gift.

Their websites:
www.bonsai-tool.net (English)
www.kaneshin-engei.net (Japanese)

So now I'm kind of set-up from the roots to the little puffy leaves with this shears, branch cutter, rake and pick:




I even have some notices in Japanese, I don't read Japanese but I find them real nice and who knows, I may learn Japanese now that I have something to read

PS: @Stickroot : sorry really!
I wanted to buy your root rake and pick and I was hoping the house will participate, I never imagined the house will indeed offer me the whole nine yard....

 

[GGB]

damn, happy bday. Why didn't I think of that

 

[whfarro]

Enjoy them. Treat yourself to a pair of their wire cutters while you're at it.

 

[sorce]

Nice!

She sure is a catch!

Sorce

 

[quietobserver]

Wow that's awesome I'm jealous!

 

[Alain]

Enjoy them. Treat yourself to a pair of their wire cutters while you're at it.

I'll surely go back to them if one day I'm looking for more tools.

I though for a long time that the wire cutter was use to cut a length of wire from the roll when wiring. So my thinking was: 'Eh, what the hell! My electrical pliers do the job quite fine!'
Now that I know that it's in fact to cut and remove the wires from the tree 1) I'll die smarter, 2) I see why the electrical pliers aren't the same deal at all!

 

[Alain]

Nice!

She sure is a catch!

Sorce

Yes she is.
But don't tell her that if you see her again, I'll never hear the end of it

Wow that's awesome I'm jealous!

That was basically the purpose of the thread

damn, happy bday. Why didn't I think of that

Thanks!
Good thing you'll most certainly have another B-day coming up next year then!

 

[Cadillactaste]

Happy Birthday...and treat that lovely wife of yours with some TLC she deserves. Nice tools...

 

[Alain]

Happy Birthday...and treat that lovely wife of yours with some TLC she deserves. Nice tools...

Thanks!
What's TLC?....

 

[petegreg]

I'll surely go back to them if one day I'm looking for more tools.

Firstly, give them some time to check if they are good enough. I did it, have made inquiry from Kaneshin year after year and I think... still some pieces needed. Here is the result... those for root works are not stored in the cases...

 

[whfarro]

Firstly, give them some time to check if they are good enough. I did it, have made inquiry from Kaneshin year after year and I think... still some pieces needed. Here is the result... those for root works are not stored in the cases...
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Like the "these are mine" stripe pattern. I do the same with all my tools as well

 

[AlainK]

Firstly, give them some time to check if they are good enough. I did it, have made inquiry from Kaneshin year after year and I think... still some pieces needed. Here is the result... those for root works are not stored in the cases...
View attachment 99948 View attachment 99949

I keep mine in a Tupperware box, but they're cheap ones though I take a particular care to the three to five I use 97.25% of the time

But I think what petegreg posted is right, these tools need to be protected and maintained at their best: "A méchant ouvrier, point de bon outil", et vice-versa

Designing and making your own "toolbox" can be fun too.

Joyeux anniversaire !

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[petegreg]

Well, manicure and pedicure, when I wanna be nasty. One thing is protection, another the order.

 

[AlainK]

[QUOanother"Alabeing, poprotection, another the order.43, member: 306"]I keep mine in a Tupperware box, but they're cheap ones though I take a particular care to the three to five I use 97.25% of the time

But I think what petegreg posted is right, these tools need to be protected and maintained at their best: "A méchant ouvrier, point de bon outil", et vice-versa

Designing and making your own "tnasty:b" can be fun too.

Well,manicure and pedicure, when I wanna be nasty. One thing is protection, another the order.[/QUOTE]

Wowhaha!

Der Aufkromiertenstahlsuperfuss!...

 

[Stickroot]

Hi there,
My birthday is coming (which would mean Spring normally but not in Chicagoland where it's presently snowing ) and this year my wife offered me my first real bonsai tools

I just received then yesterday and now I am wandering the house looking for something to prune and some branches to cut....
May be I'll go shave the neighbor's cats

Anyway.

They are from Kaneshin cutlery, Japanese company I discovered last year via this very forum and if any of you need some tools I can recommend them enough: Mr Masashi Nishimura I was in contact with was really kind and helpful, their prices are more than reasonable (I may say unbeatable) and Mr Nishimura even included a free cleaning mate as a gift.

Their websites:
www.bonsai-tool.net (English)
www.kaneshin-engei.net (Japanese)

So now I'm kind of set-up from the roots to the little puffy leaves with this shears, branch cutter, rake and pick:
View attachment 99926



I even have some notices in Japanese, I don't read Japanese but I find them real nice and who knows, I may learn Japanese now that I have something to read

PS: @Stickroot : sorry really!
I wanted to buy your root rake and pick and I was hoping the house will participate, I never imagined the house will indeed offer me the whole nine yard....

Great tools! No need for sorry to me, even if those tools were from bLowes you better use them for your wife's sake. Good lady!
Thanks for the spot, check this out. Root hook n rake in one. No matter which end you use, the other points away from you! Designed by one great guy! And built by me.
Speeds things up like you can't believe!

 

[Alain]

Great tools! No need for sorry to me, even if those tools were from bLowes you better use them for your wife's sake. Good lady!
Thanks for the spot, check this out.View attachment 100011 View attachment 100012Root hook n rake in one. No matter which end you use, the other points away from you! Designed by one great guy! And built by me.
Speeds things up like you can't believe!

Nice idea and great realization!

 

[sorce]

No matter which end you use, the other points away from you!

Yeah. Fuck a lefty!
Damn it!

Lefty, you get a poked!

Lol.

Oh yeah Alain....Happy Birthday!
Been hanging with Jehovahs Witnesses too much, no bless you for sneezing, no birthdays!

Sorce

 

[Stickroot]

Yeah. Fuck a lefty!
Damn it!

Lefty, you get a poked!

Lol.

Oh yeah Alain....Happy Birthday!
Been hanging with Jehovahs Witnesses too much, no bless you for sneezing, no birthdays!

Sorce

What's a lefty.

 

[M. Frary]

What's a lefty.

Left handed person.
They make special tools for those poor people.

 

[Stickroot]

Left handed person.
They make special tools for those poor people.

I know, just kidding. I have a lefter.
Can people really do bonsai left handed?