Miki in Hyogo Prefecture is a town of knives blacksmiths since the Edo period. Today, the production is almost mechanized, and the second generation Tetsunosuke Miyano (born in 1901), a master craftsman of traditional hand-made saw blacksmiths, is here.

Today, it is said that this person is the only person who can train the saw with Japanese steel made from iron sand made from traditional Japanese manufacturing methods. Mr. Miyano has three sons, and each of them are independent and have a good family business. It is a heartwarming family as tool blacksmiths nationwide lose their successors and disappear after being chased by power tools.

Last spring, when I visited Shigemichi Kusakabe (born in 1905), a master craftsman of plane blacksmith, in Aizu, my only son chose another job and his wife, a son of Yoritomo, who took care of himself. He died suddenly, and his energy to continue his work was stopped, and he was humming in the corner of the dim dark parlor with an empty face.

Nevertheless, Miyano's parents and children, who lined up for filming materials at the Carpenter Tools Museum, was wonderful. The father set up on the side of the furnace, the sons of the three ahead, and the matching costumes and the hammering sound that matched the spirit were playing a high rhythm.