Every Razorsaw on Ojisan Tools, and the Ōuchi chisel set, comes from one house in Miki, Hyogo. Gyokucho Sangyo develops and sells the saws. Its sister company, Razorsaw Manufacturing in nearby Ono, makes the blades. And its Miki Kajiya Mura division brings the hand-forging smiths of Miki to tool users around the world.
1969
Japan's first replaceable-blade saw
In 1969 the group's founder established Razorsaw Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and introduced the Razorsaw, the first Japanese saw with a replaceable blade. Instead of sending a dull saw out for sharpening, a carpenter swaps the blade in seconds and keeps working. The company still describes it in one line: the saw that changed the world of cutting.
Gyokucho Sangyo followed in 1975 as the sales company, working with the factory on product development and taking the saws to carpenters across Japan and, later, overseas. A Tokyo office opened in 2011. The company is run today by the second generation of the founding family.
Look for the Gyokucho mark and the words RAZORSAW JAPAN etched on every blade.
Miki, Hyogo
A blacksmith town
Miki has forged tools for centuries. Its hand-forged saws, chisels, planes, trowels and knives are recognized by the Japanese government as a traditional craft, Banshu Miki Uchihamono, and the town remains one of the country's centers for carpentry tools.
Gyokucho's Miki Kajiya Mura division (みきかじや村, "Miki blacksmith village") opened in 2006 to connect the town's independent smiths with tool users who want, in its own words, the ultimate tool matched to themselves. A tool shop opened at the company's headquarters in 2017, where visitors handle the tools and bring them back for maintenance.
The Ōuchi chisel set on Ojisan Tools is supplied through Miki Kajiya Mura. Its motto, 炎と鎚に秘める想い, the feeling hidden in flame and hammer, is a fair description of the work.
Two lines, one house
Razorsaw
レザーソー
Replaceable-blade pull saws made by Razorsaw Manufacturing in Ono, Hyogo. Thin blades, fine teeth, and a range that runs from precision dozuki to jobsite saws. The TRONC180, ZA and Super Hard saws on Ojisan Tools are Razorsaws.
Miki Kajiya Mura
みきかじや村
Hand-forged tools from the smiths of Miki, sold through Gyokucho: chisels, planes, knives, scissors and garden tools, each made by a named workshop. The Ōuchi chisels on Ojisan Tools come through this door.
From Gyokucho on Ojisan Tools
Shipped from Japan, like everything else in the store.
TRONC180 Universal
Dozuki, rip and crosscut · TS277
$83 · shipping included
TRONC180 Dozuki
Precision crosscut dozuki · TS276
$83 · shipping included
Razorsaw ZA 240
Thin blade, limited middle grip · 307M
$78 · shipping included
Super Hard 240
Short spine, limited middle grip · 412M
$68 · shipping includedŌuchi Chisels, 10-piece
Hand-forged, oak handles · via Miki Kajiya Mura
In the storeCompany
| Name | Gyokucho Sangyo Co., Ltd. (玉鳥産業株式会社) |
| Established | 1975 as the sales company. The group's Razorsaw Manufacturing Co., Ltd. dates from 1969. |
| Head office | 58-14 Omura, Miki, Hyogo 673-0404, Japan |
| Group | Razorsaw Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Ono, Hyogo) · Miki Kajiya Mura, a division of Gyokucho Sangyo |
| Brands | Razorsaw (レザーソー) · Gyokucho (玉鳥) · Miki Kajiya Mura (みきかじや村) |
| Web | gyokucho.co.jp · razorsaw.co.jp · miki-japan.com |