Lit. sword-guard chisel. The chisel used to make
the hole needed to drive a Japanese nail wakugi aB into a piece of timber.
The blade of the tsubanomi is about 300mm long and tapers towards the end,
approximately 4mm. The blade can be either single or double-edged. A tsubanomi
with a square-sectioned blade made to suit the wakugi is called hiratsubanomi
½θ\θw. If the blade has a round section, used with the youkugi mB, a western
style nail with round shaft, it is called marutsubanomi Ϋθ\θw. |