Gifts from Japan

How cool is that.

I have no idea what any of that is, except for what appears to be a chisel. And I lived outside Tokyo for a bit back in the nineties.

The dark item on the left is a hammer/mallet head.......and, I assume, someone is trying to suggest that you make a handle for that hammer head from that section of wood limb.......

Roger wins first prize....

She got it at Inoue Hamono.

https://www.acroge-furniture.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Catalog_InoueHamono.pdf

Good score, Mark! If I ever get to Tokyo I know that place is going to be on the itinerary. Wow, talk about a candy store.

Ellis

Nice! If you need advice for turning that swizzle stick into a handle for the hammer I highly recommend visiting Stan Covington's web site (Covington and Sons). He has a good set of instructions for making a traditionally shaped handle.

@Gary Radice,
Is this it?
https://covingtonandsons.com/2020/05/09/the-japanese-gennou-handle-part-1-introduction/

Yes, that's it.

Gary Radice wrote:

Nice! If you need advice for turning that swizzle stick into a handle for the hammer I highly recommend visiting Stan Covington's web site (Covington and Sons). He has a good set of instructions for making a traditionally shaped handle.

Thank you!