Thursday, October 3, 2013

Exactly What Is A Japanese Garden Knife?

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By George Dodson


Camping is one of those many outdoor activities that families simply love to have during holidays and weekends. Having to appreciate nature and all its blessings can be done through this activity. A good variety of birds flying everywhere, with flowers, trees and animals are definitely a sight to see.

With your tent up, the fire prepared, with plenty of wood on standby, you're ready to enjoy the experience.

For many, the best way to appreciate and bond with nature is simply through gardening. In this activity you will need to work on the ground and on the plants. To be effective in growing your plants, you will need to know more about the soil that you're trying to grow your plant on as well as the plant itself. It requires a certain knowledge and skill, and a great deal of satisfaction knowing that you accomplish this task.

In order to garden properly, you need quality tools. You need to be able to cultivate the soil, remove weeds and other undesirables, plant vegetables, bushes, and trees. For this, you will need a tool that is effective and durable.

Anyone who wants to use equipments and tools have their own very special and favorite tool. A good experience provides a gardener an added advantage in carrying out his or her work. This includes rakes, holes, small spades, and small rakes. Each of these tools mentioned are used in a specific gardening task.

When it comes to gardening and landscaping, the Japanese people are probably among the best. With the many years of gardening and landscaping in their history, they are able to come up with the best designs and constructions. When it comes to knives for gardening, there is always a special knife for it. With this, a Japanese knife has been created. It's called the Hori Hori garden knife. This Japanese word simply means "to dig". Mentioning the word twice however would mean another thing which is the sound produced when digging. They commonly refer to this knife as a "leader knife," or a "Mountain vegetable knife".

Over many years of trial and error, the Japanese of produced this knife to help with her gardening. Durable material such as stainless steel is used in this knife so as to avoid rusting. Today, you can find these knives made from advanced materials such as carbon steel and other metals. Usually, you can find these knives having a length of seven to twelve inches long. A famous trait of this knife is that it possesses a double-edge blade. One side is serrated and the other side is straight. For effective digging, its underside is designed with a concave shape. There are also markings or graduations on the blade for the gardener to measure how deep he or she is digging. This is great for planting, as some plants require certain depths. Gardening would require you to rid your lot of weeds, bushes, roots and other stuffs which the serrated edge of this knife is good for. It gets down to the root area much easier than a standard trowel, and the serrated edge really helps.

It has a large wooden handle, and is strong enough to use as a small hand ax for cutting branches and large weeds. As mentioned also before, you can also use it as a substitute for the shovel or trowel.

This tool is very important and useful in gardening tasks that it is very highly recommended to have one. People who use it swear by it. You will find that this tool can also be used as a substitute for many other gardening tools. The moment you have this tool, you'll reconsider buying others. It's just that good.




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