Do you know "Shiragaki-knife"?
Jan 08 2020
This knife is a tool widely used by Japanese carpenters.
As you can see, this knife resembles a pencil.
This knife is used to mark the line to be cut when performing precision processing such as furniture production.
It is also used to mark dark-colored wood, such as ebony or rosewood, where pencil marks are difficult to see.
The name of "Shiragaki" is white persimmon in English. It's a strange name, but it comes from the Japanese word "write a non-black line". write means "kaki (gaki)" in Japanese, and persimmon means "Kaki (gaki)" in Japanese.
This reading was named after a word play where the same two words were exchanged.
As you can see, this knife resembles a pencil.
This knife is used to mark the line to be cut when performing precision processing such as furniture production.
It is also used to mark dark-colored wood, such as ebony or rosewood, where pencil marks are difficult to see.
The name of "Shiragaki" is white persimmon in English. It's a strange name, but it comes from the Japanese word "write a non-black line". write means "kaki (gaki)" in Japanese, and persimmon means "Kaki (gaki)" in Japanese.
This reading was named after a word play where the same two words were exchanged.
