Japanese bamboo pull saw

[rjmt]

we have a 1/2 acre bamboo forest and a small vineyard
just recently purchased a Gikoh bamboo pull saw by Kakuri
cuts bamboo without splintering
has turned out to be the perfect grape pruning saw also

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[Dungannon]

we have a 1/2 acre bamboo forest ....

How big was it when you started? When I was a kid [living in Karuizawa and Niigata, Japan] it was one of my regular assigned chores to keep the bamboo from taking over the tiny yard.

Link, for those interested Gikoh saw

 

[rjmt]

How big was it when you started? When I was a kid [living in Karuizawa and Niigata, Japan] it was one of my regular assigned chores to keep the bamboo from taking over the tiny yard.

Link, for those interested Gikoh saw

we've had bamboo for 20 years, was 1/2" thick on the original plant, our new culms this year are 4" in diameter and 40' tall on the Japese Timber bamboo
just planted additional Mosu bamboo 3 years ago
we control them by cutting off the young culms where not wanted
the photo is a 6 week old culm, they grow several inches a DAY

 

[ma96782]

Bamboo shoots.....yummy.

Aloha, Mark

 

[rjmt]

Bamboo shoots.....yummy.

Aloha, Mark

just harvested some yesterday

 

[ma96782]

Aloha, Mark

 

[Catfishmoon]

I use a pull- saw when trying to make precision cuts by hand while woodworking.

 

[gmerkt]

I have one of those neat Japanese saws. Somewhere. Trouble is, I buy stuff that I think I'll need, put it away, then can't find it.

The former Hardwick's Hardware in Seattle used to carry a wide array of quality Japanese hand tools. Which tend to be different from what we use. Some I liked, others not so much. But I don't like all US tools, either. European stuff, I like French tools better than German.

The Taiwan mass import stuff, that is all gone now. But who cannot say they don't have a single tool from China? I admit to it. Not the common stuff that sees a lot of use but the less common items that I am only going to use once or twice and the US counterpart is expensive.

I had 40 years worth of dull drill bits piled up, couldn't find anyone local or reasonable to sharpen them. My own efforts at sharpening bits haven't been all that successful. So I bought one of those Drill Doctor outfits. I got it at a discount from Amazon Warehouse. I followed the instructions exactly, sharpened all my bits, then sold the Drill Doctor on ebay and got my money back. No sense in my storing the tool and probably never using it again.

we've had bamboo for 20 years, was 1/2" thick on the original plant, our new culms this year are 4" in diameter and 40' tall on the Japese Timber bamboo
just planted additional Mosu bamboo 3 years ago
we control them by cutting off the young culms where not wanted
the photo is a 6 week old culm, they grow several inches a DAY

Thanks for sharing the pictures.

I wonder, is there any danger of your bamboo getting out of control and taking over a la English ivy?

About 25 years ago, I planted a small patch of bamboo. I figured it would fill in around a gutter drain pit. It is the fine kind, almost like thick grass. My limited knowledge of bamboo is that there are many different types. The patch that I planted years ago has never gotten any larger or smaller. It's just about the same as when I put it in.

When I was a kid, one of our neighbors had a big stand of largish bamboo in their backyard. We neighbor kids were engaged in a bamboo fight; we were wielding them like spears. I was defending some high ground and took a bamboo point in the neck. I still have some scars from it.

 

[3MTA3]

This the bad boy?

 

[rjmt]

Aloha, Mark

thanks

 

[rjmt]

This the bad boy?
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yup
use it on bamboo, grape vines and anywhere I need a close, fine cut
the action of the pull saw gives you more control over your cut, very important when trimming grape vines

 

[ma96782]

If you don't have the problem with LARGE bamboo. Not to worry......the smaller ones are also tasty, though (IMHO) a little harder to work with.

Not to mention, that in the past, the bamboo stalks made a good fishing pole (for catching smaller reef fish).

Aloha, Mark

 

[VanceInWA]

Interesting to read the comments here. I've only used a Japanese pull saw for flush-cutting dowels.

 

[rjmt]

Interesting to read the comments here. I've only used a Japanese pull saw for flush-cutting dowels.

I hadn't thought of that! anywhere you need a clean flush cut with no splinters

 

[rjmt]

If you don't have the problem with LARGE bamboo. Not to worry......the smaller ones are also tasty, though (IMHO) a little harder to work with.

Not to mention, that in the past, the bamboo stalks made a good fishing pole (for catching smaller reef fish).

Aloha, Mark

living near Woodland, I prefer my Lamniglas to bamboo fishing poles

 

[rjmt]

the first time we got rid of old bamboo in the burn pile, got a rude shock
the air chambers in the bamboo stalks explode when hot and sound like a 9mm going off
scared the Hell out of us the first time it happened - I though some old ammo had gotten in our burn pile

 

[Certaindeaf]

we've had bamboo for 20 years, was 1/2" thick on the original plant, our new culms this year are 4" in diameter and 40' tall on the Japese Timber bamboo
just planted additional Mosu bamboo 3 years ago
we control them by cutting off the young culms where not wanted
the photo is a 6 week old culm, they grow several inches a DAY

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They used to torture people by staking them out over/on a few of those.

 

[rjmt]

They used to torture people by staking them out over/on a few of those.

good Idea
any of those wanta be survivalist who think they are going to escape Portland to my area now have something to look forward to
will use my Kubota to dig a pit and line it with bamboo cut at an angle with my Japanese pull saw

 

[JohnnyMac]

I've used them for quite a few years when making fine cuts on hardwoods. They don't splinter the wood. Nobody likes their wood splintered.

 

[OldBroad44]

@gmerkt -- Re your question about whether a patch of bamboo will take over--
There are two basic types, clumping and running. Bamboo catalogs list the varieties in separate sections. The clumping types spread a little at the edges each year giving you a dense but easy to control patch. The running types...RUN. You need to put in in-ground barriers such as metal, concrete, or air (ditches) to keep them from spreading. If you plant a running bamboo without any control barriers in a modest backyard, after the plant becomes established it will send out shoots 20' or more in all directions every year, so very soon your yard will be one big bamboo patch and soon likewise for your neighbors.