1 Axe Axe

"Ono" with a narrow blade width is called Axe, and "Ono" with a wide blade width and one side is constricted. Axe can be roughly divided into a cut axe and a split Axe. The cut ax is a tool for cutting and cutting wood in the horizontal direction, and has a thin blade and easy to penetrate into the tree. Warri Axe is a tool for breaking wood vertically, with a thick blade and a wedge shape. Both cut axes and split Axe are mainly used for soma work. The small Axe with a short handle is called the small Axe, which is used to make the material smaller.

Axe's blade is both blades. There are three types of cheeks: rectangular parallel hetsu, trapezoidal Shinshu hetsu, and oval round hetsu, and the shape of the sheep that is preferred depending on the region. The figure below is called Kishu type, Shinshu type, and Tosa type from the right, and is used in the surrounding area (Fig. 1). Axe is sometimes called "yoki" or "seba (narrow blade)" depending on the region.

The axe is mainly used for hanging (shaving off) the side of the timber and finishing it into square wood. There are large ones with a long handle and small ones with a short handle, and the latter is called a carpenter. Large axes are mainly used for soma work, and carpenters are used for rough work of carpenters and for making wedges by breaking the edge of wood.

The axes are traditionally preferred in different regions where they are used (Fig. 2). In the past, the shape was made in each area used, but now the shape made in the cutlery production area is shipped to each area. As with the Axe, the axe is both blades, but Tosa University alone has one blade, right and left. The axes are also called "Hatsuri", "Hatsuriyoki", and "Habiro" depending on the region.

There are times when the axes are engraved on the front and back of the blades of Axe and the axes, and it is said that the sign of tiger repellent represents sake and five grains and represents a feeling of praying to God.

Since Axe and the axes are tools used by using their own weight, their size is expressed by weight instead of blade width. The handle is mainly made of hard and sticky oak.