HADO (JUNPAKU) 135mm Ko-bunka RONDEAUS the head is specially designed

the head is specially designed to cut across the grain of the wood fibres (in contrast to the splitting axes which are specially designed to cut along the grain of the wood fibres)

so the slurry can flow away from sharpening surface

but the rest of the tines are round so the roots of surrounding plants will not get damaged while using this tool

To save time position the mat beneath the area to be pruned

HADO (JUNPAKU) 135mm Ko-bunka RONDEAUS the head is specially designedThe Ko bunka is a type of Santoku. The name Santoku means three virtues in Japanese, which represents the three main tasks this knife was meant to perform slicing, dicing and chopping. It has a more subtle curvature to the cutting edge and a shorter blade length than the Gyuto, making it ideal for everyday home use. The Ko bunka has an acute angle knife tip known as 'kiritsuke', or K tip. The K tip is very handy for detailed knife tasks. However, the