![]() These names are very inconsistent in Japan, and also vary a great deal by region. With the individual Japanese axes and hatchets, in the second line we list the Japanese name provided by the manufacturer. The axe handles, or hafts, are made of the sapwood of Japanese white oak. The forest hatchet and the splitting axe are made of unlaminated steel. Japanese hatchet and axe heads from Mizuno Seisakujo in Sanjo, Niigata Province are normally made with a 3-layer laminated steel head (Warikomi): there is a hard steel insert of 0.45% carbon steel in the middle for the cutting edge and two softer iron laminations to support it and form the rest of the head.
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