{"title":"Bessho Jiro Hand-forged Japanese Pull Saws | The Sunday Carpenter","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"jiro-bessho-dozuki-pull-saw","title":"Jiro Bessho Dozuki - Handmade Japanese Pull Saw","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese are incredibly fine saws which produces a near perfect finish. These saws have been finished by hand and taper ground to aid accuracy and speed when cutting, similar to a hand forged saw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDozuki have crosscut teeth and are used to accurately cut the shoulders of tenons and other joints. The companion saw is the Hozohiki, which has rip teeth to cut the cheeks and ends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease note: these saws have been hardened and are only 0.2mm thick (roughly 30% thinner than comparable saws from Z-saw and the like). Avoid twisting or jerking the blade to prevent damage to the saw.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hishika","offers":[{"title":"180mm \/ Cross Cut","offer_id":45959937425626,"sku":"","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"180mm \/ Rip Cut","offer_id":46818694562010,"sku":null,"price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"240mm \/ Cross Cut","offer_id":45959937458394,"sku":"","price":124.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"240mm \/ Rip Cut","offer_id":46818694594778,"sku":null,"price":124.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/7743\/5354\/files\/IMG_0125.jpg?v=1727977706"},{"product_id":"jiro-bessho-azebiki-pull-saw","title":"Jiro Bessho Azebiki - Handmade Japanese Pull Saw","description":"\u003cp\u003eAzebiki are used to begin a cut in the middle of a board, rather than the edge. Ours have one side is set with rip cut teeth and the other with crosscut, similar to a ryoba. This is a hand treated, hand finished saw. We carry both 60mm and 90mm versions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hishika","offers":[{"title":"60mm","offer_id":45814629040346,"sku":"bessho-jiro-azebiki","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"90mm","offer_id":45814629073114,"sku":"bessho-jiro-azebiki","price":96.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/7743\/5354\/files\/IMG_0118.jpg?v=1727977708"},{"product_id":"jiro-bessho-pro-kataba-pull-saw","title":"Jiro Bessho Pro Series Kataba - Precision Japanese Handsaw","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis kataba has a combination of rip and crosscut teeth in a single edge, making it more versatile and especially helpful for diagonal cuts. A great choice for users who cut a lot of dovetails or desire flexibility and don't do enough dedicated rip or cross cutting to justify two separate kataba.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hishika","offers":[{"title":"180mm","offer_id":45814629236954,"sku":"bessho-jiro-pro-kataba-180mm","price":86.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/7743\/5354\/files\/8BDB87C3-EF99-4D15-A293-28916C3706E6.png?v=1731363578"},{"product_id":"jiro-bessho-ryoba-pull-saw","title":"Jiro Bessho Ryoba - Precision Handmade Japanese Pull Saw","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eOverview\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRyoba are saws for general work and have rip teeth on one side of the blade and crosscut teeth on the other. Bessho Jiro's ryoba are handmade and have subtle differences that make the saw cut more precisely and easily: they are taper ground from the tang to the toe and from the blades to the center. The set of the teeth is also tapered, and the crosscut teeth have slightly less set than the rip teeth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese details ensure that the user can make cuts faster and more accurately than with a typical machine made replaceable blade saw. This saw can also be resharpened, as the teeth are not impulse hardened.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eSize Guide\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you had to pick only one saw:\u003c\/strong\u003e the 240mm is most versatile. It can be used from furniture scale to timber framing, and the teeth are fine enough to work well in hard wood. If you work primarily in hard wood, you may want to consider the Hardwood Kataba instead since it can both rip and crosscut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you are a timber framer or want to quickly resaw or dimension softwood:\u003c\/strong\u003e the 295mm cuts aggressively and quickly. However, it does not perform well in hardwoods and is too large for most fine work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you work mostly on furniture scale and prefer fine cuts over speed:\u003c\/strong\u003e the 180mm has a tooth almost as fine as machine made dozuki and leaves a smooth surface after cutting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note: \u003c\/strong\u003eThis saw should only be used with natural wood. Engineered wood products contain epoxies and glues that can damage the teeth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hishika","offers":[{"title":"240mm","offer_id":45814629302490,"sku":"bessho-jiro-ryoba-240mm","price":94.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"180mm","offer_id":45814629335258,"sku":"bessho-jiro-ryoba-180mm","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"295mm","offer_id":45814629368026,"sku":"bessho-jiro-ryoba-295mm","price":124.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/7743\/5354\/files\/hishika_ryoba_180mm_square.jpg?v=1731376617"},{"product_id":"jiro-bessho-kataba-pull-saw","title":"Jiro Bessho Kataba - Precision Handmade Japanese Pull Saw","description":"\u003cp\u003eKataba are similar to panel saws and are designed for making deep cuts quickly. Unlike ryoba, they are dedicated to ripping or cross cutting. These saws are taper-ground from the tang to the toe of the blade, and are a constant width at the tang. These details aid in quickly making perfectly straight, narrow cuts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach saw is hardened and finished by hand and goes through multiple rounds of quality control and correction by traditional craftsmen, ensuring accuracy and a finish only found in hand forged saws.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hishika","offers":[{"title":"9.5\" \/ 240mm \/ Cross Cut","offer_id":45962423763162,"sku":"bessho-jiro-kataba-240mm-cross","price":82.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"9.5\" \/ 240mm \/ Rip Cut","offer_id":46818667266266,"sku":null,"price":82.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/7743\/5354\/files\/IMG_0142.jpg?v=1727977705"},{"product_id":"bessho-jiro-hozohiki","title":"Handmade Bessho Jiro Rip Cut Dozuki (Hozohiki)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese are incredibly fine saws which produces a near perfect finish. These saws have been finished by hand and taper ground to aid accuracy and speed when cutting, similar to a hand forged saw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHozohiki saws are the companion to dozukis. Hozohiki saws have rip teeth and cut the cheeks and ends of tenons, while dozuki cut the shoulders. Hozohiki can also be used to efficiently and accurately cut dovetails.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 240mm saw is a scale appropriate for timber framing. For smaller scale furniture work, we recommend the 180mm saw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease note: these saws have been hardened and are only 0.2mm thick (roughly 30% thinner than comparable saws from Z-saw and the like). 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In hardwoods, a general purpose tooth will cut but not well: the blade tends to stutter, and you won't feel a clean \"bite\" on the pull the same way you will in softwood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis hardwood kataba is different. Its teeth are filed to a geometry made for dense woods, leading to faster, more precise cuts. Unlike general purpose teeth, \u003cstrong\u003eit handles rip, cross, and diagonal cuts on hardwood with a single blade.\u003c\/strong\u003e In our tests on white oak, this saw cut ~30% faster than a similarly sized general purpose kataba, and left a much finer kerf - just over .5mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor anyone that does fine work with hardwoods, this will be an indispensable addition to your kit.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hishika","offers":[{"title":"8 1\/4\" (210mm)","offer_id":46816345129178,"sku":null,"price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/7743\/5354\/files\/IMG_9962.jpg?v=1756236374"},{"product_id":"jiro-bessho-hardwood-ryoba-pull-saw","title":"Jiro Bessho Hardwood Dozuki - Precision Handmade Japanese Pull Saw","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Sunday Carpenter Exclusive!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost Japanese saws are filed with a \"general purpose\" tooth, optimized for softwood. That works wonderfully in the Japanese context, where straight-grained and completely clear cedar and cypress are readily available, but less so when ash, oak and maple are the available and preferred species. A general purpose tooth will cut these woods, but not as well: the blade will tend to stutter, and you won't feel a clean \"bite\" on the pull the same way you will in softwood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis hardwood dozuki's teeth are filed to a geometry designed for dense woods, leading to faster, more precise cuts. Unlike general purpose teeth, \u003cstrong\u003eit handles rip, cross, and diagonal cuts on hardwood with a single blade.\u003c\/strong\u003e In our tests on white oak, this saw cut ~30% faster than a similarly sized general purpose dozuki, and left a much finer kerf - under .5mm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor anyone that does fine work with hardwoods, this will be an indispensable addition to your kit.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hishika","offers":[{"title":"9.5\" \/ 240mm","offer_id":46816345358554,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/7743\/5354\/files\/IMG_9960.jpg?v=1756236371"},{"product_id":"jiro-bessho-180mm-flush-cut-saw-precision-handmade-japanese-pullsaw","title":"Jiro Bessho 180mm Flush Cut Saw - Precision Handmade Japanese Pullsaw","description":"\u003cp\u003eExtremely hard yet flexible blade with zero set for cutting dowels and channels in kanna dai.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Sunday Carpenter","offers":[{"title":"180mm","offer_id":47728850075866,"sku":null,"price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/sundaycarpenter.com\/collections\/japanese-pull-saws.oembed","provider":"The Sunday Carpenter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}