Black Super Deluxe Ryoba GOKUI

For the production of this saw, the well-known sawsmiths Yoshiwaka and Ikeda, working in Miki, have joined forces. Under the flowery and self-assured brand name "Gokui," which means "Highest level of technology achieved!", a saw has been developed that also features clearing teeth on the rip side. Rip saws are generally coarser saws. With these clearing teeth (Ikeda-Me), for which Ikeda holds a patent, the rip cut is significantly finer as well.

This saw is hand-forged and fully hardened. The saw blade is - as is often the case with traditional high-quality saws - narrower in the middle to reduce friction on the wood. This result is achieved with scrapers that remove fine metal shavings in the middle area. Thus, the saw blade is about 0.5 mm thick in the area of the teeth, but only 0.35 mm in the middle. The shaft is forged to a thickness of 1 mm to provide more stability to the saw blade in the area of the transition to the handle. Very high service life!

On the rip side, every 5th and 6th tooth is a clearing tooth (ripping tooth) for fast and clean sawing.

Although Japanese crosscut saws are inherently equipped with clearing teeth, the geometry has been adjusted here for higher effectiveness. The crosscut side of this saw allows not only pure crosscuts but also diagonal cuts. Even fine rip cuts are possible!