Traditional Japanese grafting tool for LEFT-HANDED users, known as Tsugiki Kogatana.
Please note that ‘left-handed’ refers to use with the blade cutting outwards.
If you wish to use this tool for grafting, pulling towards you, please select a model for right-handed users. Thank you for your attention.
Single bevel blade in hardened steel, hand-forged (Yasuki Shirogami No. 2 steel).
Length : 90 mm, width : 22 mm, thickness : 3 mm.
Wooden handle length : 90 mm, width : 32 mm, thickness : 12 mm.
Wooden sheath length : 105 mm.
Total length of tool with sheath : 200 mm. Total weight : 80 g.
This small, extremely sharp knife is very practical.
Originally used for grafting, its use has been extended by Japanese craftsmen to many other functions. It is particularly useful for cutting bamboo when making fences.
It can also be used to trim wounds on plants.
Western landscapers will also appreciate it for cutting geotextile felts, liners, anti-rhizome barriers and any other synthetic mats, or even for deburring PVC or PE pipes !
A small tool that can be used for everything, in fact, to keep in your pocket !
Made in Japan.
