Tools and Various Stories

4 Hangui

 In the past, nearly half of the men in Miki, a blacksmith town, were destined to work related to knives and tools. When I left elementary school, I first went to a blacksmith shop for apprenticeship. He is still a young child. The hard work was done at the end of the day, exclusively cleaning, baby care and miscellaneous work. Even so, even if no one tells you, you will understand the work procedure without knowing it.

 At the age of 17, when the body finally came up, even a 20-year-old soldier inspection learns skills at the workplace. You will learn the basics one by one with your body by mimicking. After completing his military service safely, he returned to his master and worked for a year for a thank-you service.

 Then it will finally be the training in search of a single path. Traveling alone and learning with the famous masters of blacksmiths in various places. He said he called this food. I dreamed of becoming a master sitting in the wigo sitting beside the furnace.

This reading material was reprinted here once again in 1983, with the aim of spreading the significance of the establishment of the Carpenter Tools Museum in the museum, former deputy director Kunio Kaku and former assistant director Haruichiro Nishimura. Please forgive me for the description more than 20 years ago.