KAKURI Japanese Hammer

My first 'Japanese style" hammer and have used it regularly for chiseling, adjusting, mating boards together, etc. I bought the 300 gram for 'everyday' use and it's a great weight for me. The tow ends of the head have one rounded surface and one flat... I mostly use the flat surface, but the rounded one comes in handy as well. Build quality is, well, Kakuri and should last a long time with everyday use in my workshop.

Woodwork and custom Finish carpenter. This guy stays on my toolbar! Great for people with an eye for detail and a love for true woodwork/carpentry.

correct weight for specific use.

Works as it should.

Appears to be well made. I bought this to use as a plane adjusting hammer and was surprised to see it came with a small Japanese smoothing plane. Don't know if this is typical or a mistake since I didn't see that in the ad. Now I have a plane to practice the tuning on that all most Japanese planes need,instead of the larger one that I got from the same seller. Looking forward to using it.

Adequate for my work

I saw reviews saying the handle was long etc but it’s actually about the same as a western style claw hammer, their faces are about the same but visually appears off balance to some of us because there’s not as much steel and has a thin handle. Feels great in the hand, I’ll definitely be using this a lot more than my 12 or 16 oz hammers. I would only recommend oiling the handle and flattening the one face as needed.

I do another of finish carpentry. I own several Japanese hammers. I really like the way this hammer feels in my hand. You can tell the difference. For tapping or chiseling this hammer does it all.

Good quality hammer. I bought the 450g as well. I might remake the handle with some hardwood in the future.

築34年の我が家をDIYで修理しちゃおうと、工具を買い漁っています。基本の道具はちゃんとしたやつ買おうと思うのですが、ついつい安いモノを買ってしまいます。

Faces are flat and convex as described. Weight is useful. The handle is a little long, but that was easily corrected. Recommended.

さすが日本品質だと思います。

Feels good in hand.