About Bungo Takada Metal Files
Bungo Takada metal files are metal files (yasuri) produced in Bungo Takada City, Oita Prefecture. From the late Edo period through the Meiji era, file manufacturing utilizing blacksmithing techniques developed as a local industry. An indispensable tool for various craftspeople in woodworking, metalworking, and leatherworking, it is characterized by the precise hand-cutting (mekiri) technique done manually. Made by craftspeople cutting each tooth by hand using traditional methods, these files have superior cutting performance not found in machine-made products.
Techniques & Materials
Craft terms are shown in the original Japanese — these are proper names with no standard English equivalents.
Techniques
手目切り（てめきり）鍛造焼き入れ研磨仕上げ
Materials
工具鋼炭素鋼