Mujitsu and Tairaku's Shakuhachi BBQ

Hi Toffe,

These are the tools I use most often. They are used everyday and I love how they feel in my hands. I use many other tools through other stages of making but these are just my favorites. Every maker I met in Japan had their own set of tools. Some with a hugh array and some with just a handful.  I enjoyed seeing how personalized each tool box was but they usually consisted of a good saw, rasps and files, and a drill bit. Other hand made rasps have worked for me in the past but these are great tools. I would be bummed out if I lost these. I guess I could always get another. You can find them at Mejiro shakuhachi in Tokyo.



I suppose I would actually miss my hako the most. Just a personal thing. It's been with me for many years and I've revealed many a great flutes with it.




Here are a couple of other very personal tools.



It would be impossible to work without these.



They can only be presently found in NYC and Northampton MA and are available by the hours of 9am -5pm Eastern, M-F. On after hours, they fuction quite differently.

Smell the bamboo, enjoy the work.

Namaste, Perry

Last edited by Yungflutes (2006-11-16 11:08:19)

Great pics! 

They inspired me to create a page dedicated to my favorite tools and the workshop I keep them in.  I literally built my workshop from the ground up and quite a few of the tools in it.  In particular I've created quite a few tools out of bamboo.  I wonder if that would be another topic:  "What else have you made with bamboo?" 

Anyways, if you're interested, you can see a few of my favorite tools here:  http://www.kodoan.com/PICSOFWORKSHOP.html

Last edited by KODOAN.COM (2009-04-25 22:51:55)