Which tool do you use to create jin and shari

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Hi,

Can anyone please give some suggestions on the tools? Which brand electronic carving tool do you use to create jin and shari?

Thank you!
 

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If the wood is green I tend not the carve but pull fibers to create Shari. I tend to use needle nose pliers . But I do have gouges. I will still try to pul the fibers vs cutting them. It creates a way more natural looking dead wood when you can do it.
 

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I usually use hand tools for stripping bark. A pair of pliers and a knife works well. Sometimes just a blade of the pruning scissors is enough for small jins.
Use a sharp knife, I use the grafting knife, to outline the edges of shari before peeling the bark.

For light carving a rotary tool like dremel is OK but I've killed 3 of those now and the bits available are quite small and slow to remove wood.
For heavier carving a die grinder has much more grunt and can take larger, faster carving bits.
Arbortech have a couple of options that can remove plenty of wood but hard to do finer work in tight places.

There's not just one does it all tool for carving. It depends a lot on what, where and how much you intend to carve.
 
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Use hand tools. More subtle and natural.
I use a root cutter to split and pull fibers. Concave cutter works ok too.

If I’m carving i use a die grinder, but mostly on deciduous.
 

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I use jin pliers to crush the end of the branch to separate the fibers and then use the pliers to grab a bundle of fibers and pull them to make the jin. I don’t normally use power tools to make jin or shari.
 

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I usually use hand tools for stripping bark. A pair of pliers and a knife works well. Sometimes just a blade of the pruning scissors is enough for small jins.
Use a sharp knife, I use the grafting knife, to outline the edges of shari before peeling the bark.

For light carving a rotary tool like dremel is OK but I've killed 3 of those now and the bits available are quite small and slow to remove wood.
For heavier carving a die grinder has much more grunt and can take larger, faster carving bits.
Arbortech have a couple of options that can remove plenty of wood but hard to do finer work in tight places.

There's not just one does it all tool for carving. It depends a lot on what, where and how much you intend to carve.
Thank you for the details!
 
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