Excuse Me While I Wipe the Egg Off My Face

Here’s a little note that I just received from Bill Valavanis I was just looking at your new tool and am wondering something. A few years ago in Japan I got a new tool which looks exactly like yours, but it’s for air layering. It has two sets of parallel blades, I can’t tell if yours has one pair or two. So I was just wondering if yours is actually an air layering tool or bark removal tool. And here’s my somewhat red-in-the-face reply Hi Bill. I think you are on to something and now I feel a little slow … Continue reading Excuse Me While I Wipe the Egg Off My Face

Just Arrived! New Bark Stripping Jin Tool

Here it is, our brand new Bark Stripping Jin Tool. It has two settings, one for thin branches and one for thicker branches, but you can adjust it easily to any size up to almost 2″ (5cm). In the photo below the blades are 1 & 1/2″ (4cm) apart in the center and you can get it to open even more. The overall lenght of the tool is 6 & 5/8″ (approx 17cm). Made in Japan by Koyo tools. It passes with flying colors I just braved the cold and ice and tried mine on three types of branches (oak, … Continue reading Just Arrived! New Bark Stripping Jin Tool