Watch the Sasano-Bori Carving Technique Live!

Watch the Sasano-Bori Carving Technique Live!

[@s10m0t10n]

He must really know what he's doing because he still has all his fingers and I'd really like to learn how to sharpen my woodworking tools to that standard. Incredible.

[@shibashisdeb4136]

Look at the talent... this person is blessed with the art of carving.... salute to you

[@charlesissleepy]

perfect example of how a sharp blade is safer than a dull one

[@moonanddarkness]

+charlesissleepy When you reach a certain level of expertee a dull knife is certainly more dangerous for you, for an novice I think it's about the same, they are as likely to stab themselves with a dull knife than cut their fingers with a sharp knife.

[@moonanddarkness]

donepearce I think the phrase doesn't mean more "dangerous" it should say you are more likely to have an accident with a dull knife than with a sharp one. since dull knives slip, but obviously the dangerous ones are sharp ones, dull knives will propably just stab you.

[@jayvee406]

+donepearce -- the point is if you use a dull knife to cut something, say tomatoes, it's could slip and you could unintentionally cut your finger instead. Dull knives means that they are no longer as sharp as they could be. What it doesn't mean is that those knives are blunt. Sharp knives, on the other hand, will cut thru the tomatoes just as you'd expect. And, if you try cutting your finger with it, yes, it will do a good job of that too!!! For what it is worth, a cut finger (down to the bones) is worth 7 stitches and portion of the digit that refuses to regrow nerves. I know... :)

[@charlesissleepy]

Jay Vee Couldn't have said it better myself. I work with knives in a grocery store and accidentally cut myself pretty good cutting watermelon with something near a machete in size (which we have specifically for melons). My off hand slid into the path of the blade because of the force I had to exert. Now i just keep my hands all the way out of the way and chop, but it isn't a terribly precise way to work.

[@rdizzy1]

+Jay Vee This is true, but only with slipping. This doesn't factor in clumsy users, I am frequently just clumsy and lack a proper attention span so I end up cutting myself pretty reguarly, always cut myself far worse with a sharper blade than a dull one, need stitches more so with sharper blades also.

[@paintur68]

I love the Japanese technique of making a form that is the bare minimum required to establish recognition of what the form is meant to resemble...with maximum skill used with masterful minimal effort. The creation of the art work becomes art in and of itself. Superb.

[@breakinglaw155]

this is so freaking awesome ! and the idea slice the wood thin to look like feathers is genius.

[@praetorgredior]

This video is a slap to the face of all the people who say big knives are useless for detail work. Its all about skill.

[@pjhershey9820]

In the Sasano region (Yonezawa prefecture, Japan - about middle of japan on the West Coast side of the country) where this carver ('Bori' means carving) is from, they carve Falcons/Birds of Prey from a local softwood (Enjyu or Kosiabura). They use that axe-like knife (Sarukiri) to do all the carving. I got one years ago as a gift from a friend...they are very handsome and the carved wings are surprisingly tough/springy...I've dropped mine a few times and having lost a 'feather' yet.

[@musamor75]

As always, so moving to watch any true Japanese craftsman at work. Such a sense of beauty and simplicity. Wa have yet a lot to learn.

[@mattw940]

I love that emerging technology will make it easier for some-one like me to put my ideas into a computer and bring them in to reality but I believe the world would be a poorer place to be in if that came at the cost of traditional methods or if the artisans who craft such wonders lost out as a result.

[@tonylargent1587]

Impressive work. This craftman is like a modern day samurai. I bet he's deadly with that blade...

[@dannyrexknight]

have to love how sharp that knife is!!! Japanese know how to do it better than anyone else!

[@johnhighsmith4701]

Beautiful , my master also uses traditional Japanese blades it's a true blessing to behold

[@criscros7]

Skillfully done. Not only does it look nice, but it's a feat to not chop your fingers off with that tool.

[@kevinwei5174]

It's 4am. I just spent the last 5min watching an old man cut some wood, information I will never need in the future. Wtf am I doing with my life.

[@joshuakilford9949]

It's a day later. It's 4pm again. I'm watching a geriatric Japanese man carve wood. The cyclical nature of our world demonstrates the overwhelming futility of time. Nothing matters anymore.

[@Threadbare78]

+Joshua Kilford You sir, have won the internet.

[@hector4215]

2 am. what am I doing

[@Threadbare78]

The cycle begins again.

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

+Kevin Wei You're learning things that you didn't know about before.

[@DeeArr]

It's wonderful to watch a true master at work in any art of the brocade.

[@CarpeMetus]

Oh true that's one way to look at it. Mistakes at the beginning can often be corrected though, or the design altered a little. Still what you said has merit, and gives me a much needed positive perspective.

[@MelCohen1]

Amazing technique .So different to the Western craft style. Loved it !!

[@CJAM16]

this is truly remarkable

[@constantinbarbu.]

im so glad i stayed to watch it !

[@constantinbarbu.]

was going to quit after 1;50 !

[@eldenc]

jeez. I can't even begin to imagine how sharp those tools are.

[@MsDooDooDoo]

it sounds like someone is programming a microwave and a phone in the background

[@mikelitoris843]

...pretty common stuff in Japan

[@NoBullFitness]

+Mike Litoris nice name. I knew a guy named Hugh J. Wang. Y'all will hit it off rather nicely.

[@Marques_239]

+Ben Bowman They're using the microwave to write the new Windows Phone Update.

[@marknuts7945]

+Ben Bowman traditional Sasano-Bori Microwave

[@NamLe-tl9si]

Ben Bowman cáccác

[@xxXXMJfanXXxx]

I bet this man has a lot of scars from becoming a master with that thing.

[@franciscolimon6112]

lol yes

[@DroPsyDro]

Big knife for fine carving! I love it! Thanks for the vid!

[@CarpeMetus]

Lots of practice, I started teaching myself wood carving for physical therapy 2ish years ago and so far I've cut myself at least once on every thing I've ever carved. I'm guessing I still have a few more years of carving before I stop slipping the blade.

[@freeNode5]

that wood he's using is EXTREMELY fresh

[@regnbuetorsk]

until 2:10 i was all "ok i can try doing this". but then...

[@soonersciencenerd383]

I carve maneki Nekos from basswood- made 15+ so far, and am working on 2 now.

[@HighlanderNorth1]

Sooner Science Nerd I take 3" diameter x 8" long branches and whittle them down into full sized laptop computers. I use the leftover wood chunks to craft a printer and a 3D printer.

[@Jcharp12]

Very cool would love to see your work

[@boblawrence3365]

That is an awesome looking knife/axe ? Would be a great survival tool. These ancient Asian traditions are a thing to behold.

[@zenshinx]

that is one of the sharpest most dangerous knives i've ever seen in action...

[@nitetrane98]

Sasano-Bori. Now I can say whittlin' in Japanese.

[@billywhizz6483]

How this guy still has all his fingers is one of life's great mysteries...

[@lecram0]

He also works for Audi...

[@tronable]

Those tools are sweeet

[@liamdienemann8937]

amazing he still has all this fingers!

[@jesse_cole]

This looked dangerous. I kept thinking that blade was going to slip and hack off his knee cap.

[@freedomsailer]

a true Master at his craft.

[@OEF_Vet_0331]

This is so wonderful!! What a master. Wow! Anyone else hear someone texting with T9 in the background on an old Nokia or something 😂

[@T3hJones]

I love the sound of the knife cutting wood!

[@frepi]

I am amazed that most japanese traditional art is done sitting cross legged

[@thefoxdude]

its unbelievable... that he still got all his fingers!..

[@eubiov8]

I was like "he's carving a salamander, oh no, it's a triceratops... Oh f*ck, it's a bird" - nice skills.

[@fourdeadinohio8303]

in the 1st. 2 mins. i thought he was making a tent stake

[@nerome619]

interesting wood - looks close grained but not too hard. easy to carve.

[@---Blue]

Damn you know wood like I know metal. I was paying attention to his knife.

[@2Much2lose]

ALL KINDS OF GAINZ haha nice pic

[@jillannmoore9205]

I think he has done that more than once lol

[@theawesomekickassman]

+Jillann Moore lol nope first time, no idea what he was doing and just started to carve because the camera was rolling. :P

[@erencansinecan775]

I was using an axe that's similar to his tool the other day. I have 4 pretty deep cuts on my left hand now. One of them needed a few stitches probably, but I was too lazy to go to the hospital and now it's mostly healed. Anyhoo, I'll try this in a few days

[@DumitruUrsu]

+eren can Sinecan don't ever hold your hands in the way of the cutting edge. look and learn on how this guy supports the back of the blade, while always holding the work piece from behind. I've heard this lesson a couple of time from my father and our woodworking instructor, but I memorized it when I sliced in half my right hand's middle finger, while sharpening a scythe. Be safe. PS. my finger is fine. The scythe was so sharp, that the scratch is the width of a hair now.

[@erencansinecan775]

Pretty solid advice, thanks mate. What I'm intending to do now is, make a replica of his tool from one of my old saw blades, and mimic his carving process to the best of my ability. If I actually do that, I'll post the results.

[@DumitruUrsu]

+eren can Sinecan It's a rather clumsy instrument, to be honest. Make a smaler, thiner blade - either a chip carving knife, or a carving knife. Here's what mine looks like - facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=499397210176723&set=a.499396670176777.1073741827.100003193458995&type=3&permPage=1 It fits snugly in my hand, and the blade is rather small - so it's less likely you'll cut yourself. Also, one thing I would not recommend from this video - don't carve with the wood in your hand. Put it on a table, on another piece of wood, or whatever - have a stable, solid support for it.

[@erencansinecan775]

+Dumitru Ursu Nice one :) Here's mine: postimg.org/image/d5cqmcpct/ I made the hook knife and the one that says "3n3rg0n" on the handle. The cup in the middle is a Kuksa I made for my GF.

[@DumitruUrsu]

that looks very cool. I have some round small chisels, from the set with that carving knife, but I have none like yours. how did you make it? what kind of steel?

[@zarrir]

That left hand has just survived bloody chaos

[@CarpeMetus]

I want to do the ball and cage, I had to take a break over winter because my wrists wanted to lock up on me. I'm working on an elephant right now. I have examples pictures of all the cool carvings the cage ball, the chain link, the heart with arrow etc... I want to get to them and I will. I just like realistic animals more. It's good to know cutting myself isn't so bad.

[@robertcaffrey6097]

Very highly skilled. The tools used are sharpened to the absolute ma, the ease in which they slice through the timber is enough evidence of that. I was s#####ng myself that he was going to do himself a serious injury.

[@dominantwolf4593]

This is why the Japanese culture is beautiful

[@Crimson250]

WO thats awesome, being a woodcarver myself (amateur lol) this was so interesting

[@macmurfy2jka]

I'm saving this video for anyone who says that you can't carve wood with the Tonto blade!

[@taylorwilkinson9860]

macmurfy2jka this blade is also chisel ground and extremely wide, making the bevel leading to the point much more useful than most other tanto knives.

[@CarpeMetus]

ugh I know! It's torture every month when my woodcraft catalog comes and I see so many new blades that I could use in new ways.

[@afifzainurin]

That handsaw is very satisfying.

[@dshe8637]

That surely is the grandmother of all chisels! Awesome

[@enfulninja]

That tool looked really scary :o I wonder how many times he accidently cut himself before getting this craft down! Amazing!

[@jackpodram]

they are amazing with their wood crafts

[@andysolution62]

absolut der Hammer....

[@CarpeMetus]

Going back and watching this video is both inspiring and depressing considering I killed the last carving I did twice. Broke off the ear of the elephant, fortunately it was fully carved and a clean break. I reattached it. Only to break off a leg. I know every mistake helps me become better, but why oh why do they have to happen near the end of of a project.

[@nabechan219]

中学の修学旅行に十和田で鷲を買いました。50年前になります。まだ実家に有るかもしれません。あのようにして作られていたんですね、しりませんでした。ありがとう。

[@tomfree99]

And that knife appears to be scary sharp !!!

[@grannyoh]

wonderful! thank you for this lesson.

[@l3oogle]

This got my heart racing.

[@VentusDivinum]

Simple et magnifique.

[@Kehy_ThisNameWasAlreadyTaken]

I...I'll stick to my little flexcut knife and my little minatures...I'd love to study this and other types of carving techniques (and hey, I could justify it too, I'm a carver and an anthropology student)

[@CarpeMetus]

I don't have that from carving, but I have it from other things. Many other things. I need to start carving again too, my wrists have been acting up so I haven't been able to carve lately.

[@TAG-1984]

give him a vise!!

[@jackalstatus]

That is an awsome knife I am gonna make one like that.

[@jeffs5561]

Wow, I hope there is a first aid kit nearby.

[@konoyarobakayaro6120]

It's called a '' If I flash this against my enemies, they will shit through their mouths ''knife.

[@fromoz9294]

fantastic work

[@Penguinparty101]

That is a knife for wood working found it in my art catologue just like that !!!

[@CarpeMetus]

I wanna know the type of wood he is carving, it looks soft enough to allow easy carving, but fine grained enough to hold detail. It must be a joy to carve whatever wood that is.

[@stephan123321]

Fantastic!

[@Dragunov121]

Brilliant

[@TheMadFedje]

that tool is so badass.

[@truebluekit]

That was very skillful. +1 I bet any safety troll coming across this vid would be almost epileptic. +1000 for that.

[@flamesRules]

Damn, that's one sharp knife.

[@TheLenki4]

OH MY GOD i want to see what wood he uses so i can try it out because i love leaning teahniques like that not that i want to learn it, im just currious about it and like to try it :D

[@SolidSquid1]

@bratstarr ironically it also reduces the chance of you cutting yourself, dull blades tend to catch and jump more, making them harder to controll

[@bassman3834]

While taking much needed break, I happen to look down and read what the first comment read. Found it rather funny until I looked at my clock. 3:50 am. Then reading further down, it's as if we all watched this at some point within a week.

[@geniuspharmacist]

Scary technique, if the wood splits or the blade slips. the knife can slice through his skin like butter. That said, I think he has a very good control and therefore low risk of injury.

[@androth1502]

except for brief cuts for notches, the blade is being pushed away from him.

[@CJUSMC3]

I agree. It is happening entirly to often.

[@dlb18655]

I am pretty handy with carving tools and this technique scare me to death, I cannot believe he has not cut his hands or legs. That is a monster tools as well. I THink he should buy a vise.

[@Scorpmann1969]

Amazing skill and work

[@小林清孝-r9v]

左右の翼でやはり彫り方が違うようですが、できあがりがそろっているところが見事ですね。

[@tresor27]

i have one of these saws, they are the best!

[@artofgaming7405]

Really nice work

[@chadhubbard6217]

that's a pretty cool way to carve a perched bird

[@TheWoodman1948]

That tool is great . . .I have Got to make me one of those!!!

[@TheAnvil1971]

Outstanding, I would have lost 3 Fingers trying this with these kind of "Knife"

[@HighlanderNorth1]

What's that hatchet looking thing that he uses to remove wood from the end and create a point? That thing would be so useful and convenient! What kind of wood is this, that he is able to easily remove such large chunks of it with that hatchet thing?

[@KrXrm]

q precioso el tallado muy buena la idea para el tallado

[@jamespardee8534]

He put it aside so fast, I couldn't quite make out what it was!

[@LucianoSilvaOficial]

Isso sim que é entalhe!

[@SuperFendt1995]

thats the best fatherstick ife ever seen

[@hillbilly4christ638]

That is some nice featherstick!

[@1200rexer]

WOW just amazing

[@Goldey94]

wow, i would imagine that those knifes would be shard upon to slice through your finger if u slip up. great job

[@Mirtiin]

I think it's an angel. The three flairs are wings and hair. That's just my guess, though.

[@92fsoakcreek]

That's some mighty fine whittlin' you got there Boy!

[@TheHydrogen4]

I wonder how many times he took one of his knuckles with that point before he mastered his technique.

[@gtf187]

wood working does require blood sweat and tears. but that's what makes it fun