Juntaro Mitsukawa Japanese Handsaws

If you came here for Juntaro Mitsukawa's replaceable-blade saws: he has, unfortunately, stopped making them due to supplier issues. We have a few softwood replacement blades left, and once they are gone we expect not to find more. Mitsukawa still forges high-end handmade saws, but we do not currently carry those. If you want a handmade replaceable-blade saw you can keep and maintain, the Bessho Jiro line below is the one we would point you to.

Have a Mitsukawa already?

While they last, we still have a handful of softwood ryoba replacement blades. Once they sell, we expect not to be able to restock them.

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Want something even better?

Mitsukawa's replaceable-blade saws were built to keep and maintain rather than throw away, and they got far more careful work than a typical pull saw. Hishika still forges their Bessho Jiro saws, which receive even more handwork than the Mitsukawa blades did.

They are hand-forged, ground, and filed, so they track straight and cut fast and clean. The plates are hardened by hand for long edge retention and can be resharpened, and the blades are replaceable when you would rather swap than sharpen. We are the only US stockist.

Not sure where to start? The ryoba is the one most people reach for first: rip teeth on one side, crosscut on the other, good for general work.

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