Global Sports: Information Regarding Japanese Garden Knives

Friday, September 27, 2013

Information Regarding Japanese Garden Knives

By George Dodson


Camping is one of those many outdoor activities that families simply love to have during holidays and weekends. It is always a good thing to spend time with nature. A good variety of birds flying everywhere, with flowers, trees and animals are definitely a sight to see.

Of course it wouldn't be called camping at all if you're not equipped with the right camping tools and equipment.

For many, the best way to appreciate and bond with nature is simply through gardening. Most the time you're working directly with the soil and various plants. You will need to understand a lot about the soil and the plants that you are looking to grow. It requires a certain knowledge and skill, and a great deal of satisfaction knowing that you accomplish this task.

Effective gardening requires the right gardening tools. Furthermore, you will need to keep the soil and plant healthy and safe. Thus, you will need a tool for this specific job that can carry out its job effectively.

Everyone has their favorite tools. Experience gives the gardener a certain amount of familiarity with what works. This includes rakes, holes, small spades, and small rakes. Each of these tools mentioned are used in a specific gardening task.

The Japanese are famous for their beautiful gardens. Years of gardening practice has honed their excellent skills. Any newbie would know that an ordinary knife will not do with regards to doing gardening tasks. With this, a Japanese knife has been created. It's called the Hori Hori garden knife. This Japanese word simply means "to dig". Mentioning the word twice however would mean another thing which is the sound produced when digging. Other names given to this knife are mountain vegetable knife and leader knife.

Over many years of trial and error, the Japanese of produced this knife to help with her gardening. Durable material such as stainless steel is used in this knife so as to avoid rusting. Some are now made from carbon steel for greater strength. Usually, you can find these knives having a length of seven to twelve inches long. It has a double edged blade. The blades consist of the serrated and the straight side. The underside is slightly concave for digging. There are also markings or graduations on the blade for the gardener to measure how deep he or she is digging. Having to know the depth of the soil before planting is important to ensure that the plant gets proper nutrition. You would also require the need of this knife's serrated edge whenever you are trying to weed out unnecessary plants or roots from your yard or garden. It gets down to the root area much easier than a standard trowel, and the serrated edge really helps.

It has a large wooden handle, and is strong enough to use as a small hand ax for cutting branches and large weeds. Additionally, this knife can also be used as a small trowel or a shovel.

In case you're someone who has been doing gardening for a job then you may want to consider having this special tool. There are those who use it and they can attest to its effectiveness. You will find that this tool can also be used as a substitute for many other gardening tools. The moment you have this tool, you'll reconsider buying others. Its too good that you'll forget about the other tools.




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