Japanese Marking Knives - A Brief Introduction

Crisp, clean marking can make all the difference to your joinery. Here, we touch the main introductory points to marking knives - how the shapes compare, how they are used, why they are specific to your dominant hand, and how the sizing works.
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Left handed Kiridashi: www.japanesetools.com.au/collections/marking/products/kiridashi-marking-knife-shirogami-left-handed
Right Handed Kiridashi: www.japanesetools.com.au/collections/marking/products/kiridashi-marking-knife-shirogami-right-handed
Left Handed Shirahiki:
www.japanesetools.com.au/collections/marking/products/baishinshi-shirahiki-knife-12mm-left
Right Handed Shirahiki:
www.japanesetools.com.au/collections/marking/products/baishinshi-shirahiki-knife-12mm-right

[@HeavyTone66]

Nice work Mitch, pencils are a thing of the past in my marking

[@flashgordon6238]

I'm a Lefty as well, so I liked that you showed this left-handed.

[@J4K_Shred]

um is it shirohiki or Shirabiki... it sounds like you say shirohiki, bu nothing comesup online, but shirabiki does

[@SeanKroner]

Thanks for showing a comparison of all those knives. :)

[@morgorth3242]

qeustion what size do you suggest??

[@jeremiedumontgrant3648]

How is call the last one, the one for carpenters? I would like to acquire one of them for my work

[@TeacherTourture]

@Jeremie Dumont Grant it’s called a kogatana

[@nobob268]

I find it annoying that you can only cut with the waste to one side, so to make out a dado for example you have to rotate the wood. Is there a way round this? Having both right and left handed version would be annoying also