Make Magazine’s recent mention of Bonsai Shears brought to mind one of my own recent experiences. For a while now I’ve attempted to keep alive a variety of plants, and I’ve been somewhat successful.

" Bonsai", one of Japanese traditional cultures, is one of the arts that creates a state of nature on a pot with human hands. One of the tools used in such a bonsai is " bonsai scissors" for pruning ...

Hirakawa Yasuhiro is a master blacksmith for Sasuke in Sakai, Japan, who forges scissors with techniques that were used to make swords, knives, and weapons. Japanese-style gardeners like Yoshikawa ...