scissors

Preface: Just bought a pair of $20 scissors from Kaneshin. They have great/responsive customer service, and have already offered to exchange the scissors if I want. I also bought two other quality tools. From my interactions, I highly recommend them. Question: Do these scissors have too much...

Curious if any of y’all have used a standing knife sharpener to sharpen your grafting knives or scissors. Here’s the one I have that I use for the kitchen: Mueller Knife Sharpener I feel like this could work, but not sure. I’m not entirely confident getting a few whetstones and sharpening my...

Today I've got a surprise for everyone, but first I wanted to let you know about my experience with an old/new Japanese bonsai and ikebana tool company - Wazakura Japan. I say old/new because while the company is relatively new (founded in 2019), it sells craftsman built tools from established...

I need advice on my new Kaneshin Pruning Scissors No.36A. I started doing bonsai about a year ago and since then I have always been using Kikuwa bonsai tools. Recently I decided I would like to have some bigger general pruning shears in my collection of tools. After reading some posts on this...

Looking at Kaneshin's website, they have different grades of steel. Most notably, blue steel, white steel, yellow steel, and SK steel. However, there are some items like 36A and 36B which are basically the same, but one is yellow steel with better craftsmanship (so I believe), and the other is...