New Full Tool Kit - Detailed list of tools for feedback/comments

[MJL]

WMC, I love this thread and I can see in your writing the joy you get from your tools.

I too went Kaneshin a few years back ... almost the same selection as you (over two orders) and my joy has not worn off yet. I loved the process of buying them (and the polite follow-up emails in broken English that followed). I enjoyed receiving the parcels and unpacking each tool. I kept the boxes for a few years and only just threw them out .... probably a mistake but I am never going to sell the tools.

Of interest, one day I used some the small scissors on a branch that was too big... the gent at Kaneshin sent me a video on how to tap the 'rivot' with a hammer to re-align the scissors. Ace.

Anyway ... well done ... now that our AUD dollar is charging back up I may soon go back to the well for more tools.

Also - in that last photo - the two pronged root rake (I might be calling it by the wrong name) is brilliant. It is so strong - I have attacked some oversized roots and those prongs have never bent and the other end is great for tamping down moss. It is may favourite tool. (I used a cheaper root rake one day and it bent like a magician's spoon!)

Thanks for the photos.

[WMC]

WMC, I love this thread and I can see in your writing the joy you get from your tools.

I too went Kaneshin a few years back ... almost the same selection as you (over two orders) and my joy has not worn off yet. I loved the process of buying them (and the polite follow-up emails in broken English that followed). I enjoyed receiving the parcels and unpacking each tool. I kept the boxes for a few years and only just threw them out .... probably a mistake but I am never going to sell the tools.

Of interest, one day I used some the small scissors on a branch that was too big... the gent at Kaneshin sent me a video on how to tap the 'rivot' with a hammer to re-align the scissors. Ace.

Anyway ... well done ... now that our AUD dollar is charging back up I may soon go back to the well for more tools.

Also - in that last photo - the two pronged root rake (I might be calling it by the wrong name) is brilliant. It is so strong - I have attacked some oversized roots and those prongs have never bent and the other end is great for tamping down moss. It is may favourite tool. (I used a cheaper root rake one day and it bent like a magician's spoon!)

Thanks for the photos.

Yeah I purchased over two orders also.
Was talking to my kids the other day about the fact a family member has a samurai sword on display at their home and it was handed down a few generations. I said to my kids that due to my love of bonsai and authentic Japanese items like that, I hope that long after I’m gone that the tools can be kept in much the same way as a sword. Not sure they get it but the thoughts nice

[MJL]

Was talking to my kids the other day about the fact a family member has a samurai sword on display at their home and it was handed down a few generations. I said to my kids that due to my love of bonsai and authentic Japanese items like that, I hope that long after I’m gone that the tools can be kept in much the same way as a sword. Not sure they get it but the thoughts nice
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Cool intent - that is indeed what I say to my daughters ...they seem to prefer the idea of their their mums rings or an iPhone.

Funny about the Samurai sword... one of my neighbours has one ... that family member you refer to isn't a lawyer by any chance?

[WMC]

[/quote]Cool intent - that is indeed what I say to my daughters ...they seem to prefer the idea of their their mums rings or an iPhone.

Funny about the Samurai sword... one of my neighbours has one ... that family member you refer to isn't a lawyer by any chance?
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Haha... no, he is in IT!!
Who knows, iPhones might be collectable one day

[Rob101]

nice kit WMC, how did you go with the tool wrap, did you get one made or did you buy one ready to go ??